During the interaction, Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman-designate, CII, Northern Region, said that the confederation and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry had set up a task force to suggest ways and means to promote industrial, trade and economic co-operation between the two countries.

The task force report suggested steps the two governments need to take to improve infrastructure, build mutual confidence and items which India can buy and sell to Pakistan, he added. Stating the report findings, Munjal said that given the right kind of atmosphere and desirable relations between the two countries, the present trade worth Rs 667 crore could go up to Rs 10,000 crore by 2003.

The High Commissioner, along with his wife Abbida, also called upon Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.