TDS Desk:

Adviser for the Ministry of Textiles and Jute Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain today sought Pakistani investment in Bangladesh’s textile and jute sectors.

“Pakistani investors can come forward to invest in the closed state-owned textiles and jute mills in Bangladesh … They can invest in other sectors as well,” he said when Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Ahmed Maroof made a courtesy call on him at his Secretariat office.

Commending local jute-made golden bags, the Pakistani envoy expressed his eagerness to invest in Bangladesh jute and textile mills.

The Pakistani diplomat also gave an invitation to Bangladesh to participate in the Textile Expo in Pakistan, scheduled to be held in October.

Stressing on enhancing commercial relations between the two countries, Textile and Jute Secretary M Abdur Rauf said Pakistani traders can import diversified jute goods from Bangladesh as more than 200 diversified jute goods are being displayed at the Jute Diversification Promotion Center (JDPC) under the ministry.

Apart from this, the Pakistani high commissioner proposed launching direct shipping transport between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

“The system will help to take forward the eco-social relations of the two countries,” he said.

To materialise the goal, he said, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation and Pakistan Shipping Corporation can jointly work to this end.