Rohitha Thilakaratne, heads SLPBC
The Sri Lanka - Pakistan Business Council (SLPBC) held its 19th
Annual General Meeting recently.
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SLPBC officials seated (From left): Asaf Shaikh-Habib Bank Ltd.,
Sega Nagendra - Vice President, Rohitha Thilakaratne -
President, Ms. Amna Baloch, Deputy Head of Mission-High
Commission of Pakistan, Ms. Satheeka Kavisekera, Secretariat -
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Zahara Cader - Vice
President. Standing (From left): Ehab Razak- M. A. Razak & Co.
Ltd., Azmy Mohideen- Expolanaka (Pvt) Ltd., S. Deivanayagam -
Eswaran Brothers Exports (Pvt) Ltd., Nilam Jumat – Hatton
National Bank, Y. Yogeswaran – Akbar brothers Ltd |
The Council was established in 1991 under the aegis of the Ceylon
Chamber of Commerce with a view to promote Trade, Investment, Tourism
and Services between two the countries.
Rohitha Thilakaratne, Managing Director of Merchant Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.,
was elected as the President of SLPBC for the Year 2012-2013.
Addressing the members, Thilakaratne expressed that the SLPBC would
continue to work closely with Pakistan High Commission to enhance the
bilateral trade and to act as a technical committee to resolve issues.
He invited all stakeholders of the trade between Sri Lanka and
Pakistan to obtain membership of this Council to broaden the horizon of
SLPBC and urged the membership to actively participate in trade
activities to exploit trade opportunities and to show our gesture
towards Pakistan and to its people. According to the sources of
Government of Pakistan, despite numerous challenges the country remained
focused on maintaining macroeconomic stability, growth, mobilizing
domestic resources and increasing exports, balanced regional
development.
The High Commission is tirelessly engaged in enhancing awareness
among the business communities of the two countries to increase
bilateral trade and take full advantage of the institutional mechanisms
signed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The two Vice Presidents are Sega Nagendra of CML-MTD Construction Ltd
and Ms. Zahara Cader of Tallman Tours Ltd. Akbar Brothers Ltd., Eswaran
Brothers Exports (Pvt) Ltd., Expolanka (Pvt) Ltd., Habib Bank Ltd.,
Hatton National Bank PLC and M. A. Razak & Co. Ltd were elected to the
Executive Committee. |
