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TRADE CHRONICLE
Coca-Cola commits to support Clean
and Green Pakistan program
Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited
(CCI Pakistan)pledged to extend the
Prime Minister’s ‘Clean and Green
Pakistan’ vision by signing a formal
memorandum of understanding (MoU)
with the Ministry of Climate Change.
The agreement was signed during a
special ceremony hosted at the Ministry
of Climate Change’s office in Islamabad
on April 7, 2021. Key officials including
the Special Assistant to Prime Minister
on Climate Change, Malik Amin
Aslam, along with representatives
from the Ministry of Climate Change,
CCI Pakistan, Environment Protection
Agency (EPA) as well as the district
waste management authorities of
related cities attended the ceremony.
The PM’s aide, Malik Amin
Aslam,mentioned that,“as per the
agreed terms of reference, CCI
Pakistan would support and engage
in various cleaning
activities as well as
plantation of around
50,000 tree saplings
across the cities of Karachi, Lahore,
Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Islamabad,
Attock, Multan, and Rahim Yar Khan.”
“As part of CCI’s corporate volunteer
program, its employees will also support
in executing these
activities”, said
Basit Zafar, Public
Affairs Manager at
CCI Pakistan.
The green activities
are scheduled
to be completed
within 2021, which
reflects a significant
contribution
towards shaping
a clean and green
Pakistan, he
elaborated.
China offers full support to Pakistani
business community
H.E. Nong Rong, Ambassador of the
People’s Republic of China along with
Mr. Li Bijian, Consul General of China
at Karachi along with his team visited
the Federation of Pakistan Chambers
of Commerce and Industry.
The meeting took note of various
subjects pertaining to economic
relationship between Pakistan and
China particularly in reference to
China Pakistan Economic Corridor
and China-Pakistan Free Trade
Agreement.
CPEC and the bilateral
trade. He also suggested
that China should focus
on investing in the people
of Pakistan by giving access to Chinese
market. President FPCCI also on this
occasion expressed sincerest gratitude
to the government of China for donating
Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan.
During the discussion made in the
While speaking about this alliance,
Ahmet Kursad Ertin, General Manager
at CCI Pakistan said, “We are a
responsible and environmentally
conscious corporate citizen of Pakistan.
This mutual alliance serves as an
expression of our firm belief to protect
and nurture the environment and fend
off catastrophic challenges of climate
change faced by Pakistan.”
meeting, Mian Anjum Nisar, Immediate
Past President FPCCI requested
the Excellency to extend support
to Pakistani business community in
transferring technical knowledge in the
field of agriculture.
Sheikh Jawaid Ilyas, Chairman of Pak-
China Business Council pointed out the
imbalance in the bilateral trade which is
heavily in favor of China.
H.E. shared his views with the
house regarding the upcoming
online business portal of Chinese
Government which will be a good
opportunity for Pakistani business
community to get easily connected
with their Chinese counterparts.
H.E. extended his full support not
only of his Embassy at Islamabad
but also at Consul General Office at
Karachi to the business community
particularly to the Federation of
Pakistan Chamber of Commerce
and Industry.
The President FPCCI requested
His Excellency in emphasizing
strong and constants mutual efforts
to eliminate negative air against
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