Gandhinagar, December 10A trade delegation from Pakistan on Friday invited Chief Minister Narendra Modi to visit Karachi and address businessmen there through videoconferencing on the “Gujarat model of development.”
The invitation was extended when some of the 17-member team of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industries, who were in the State to participate in the on-going Asia Colour Chemicals Mega Exhibition in Ahmedabad, called on Mr. Modi at his official residence here. A government spokesman said the delegation was impressed with the “Gujarat model of development,” the State government’s “transparent and progressive policies conducive to industrial growth and the Chief Minister’s dynamism.”
Pointing out that Gujarat always had close relations with the Sindh province of Pakistan, the delegation held discussions on how to further strengthen the bond and co-operation between the two regions. It requested Mr. Modi to use his good offices with the Centre to start a direct flight between Ahmedabad and Karachi.
The visitors presented him a replica of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce building, the foundation stone for which was laid by Mahatma Gandhi in 1934.
–Agencies