LAHORE: Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SAARC CCI) has said that Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Wagha Border will foster bilateral trade and help achieve envisaged target of trade to the tune of $7 billion in next two year.
He was speaking at the opening ceremony of ICP performed by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram at Attari-Wagah border in presence of Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Union Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Perneet Kaur, Union Minister of State for Planning, Ashwani Kumar and Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif.
The ceremony was also attended by Commerce Secretary Zafar Mehmood and his Indian counterpart and Tariq Iqbal Puri.
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