The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has planned to organise an Indian pavilion in the KCCI"s 9th My Karachi-Oasis of Harmony exhibition scheduled to be organised in July 2012. Present KCCI, Main Abrar Ahmed, said that business people are the "True Ambassadors of peace in the world" who bridge gap between the nations.
He urged the government of Pakistan and India to provide maximum facilitation. The government-to-government contacts are essential but to bring optimum and meaningful results the business-to-business and pubic-to-public contacts are also imperative. Every year international participants from friendly countries namely Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka , China, Vietnam and others are exhibiting their brands in the exhibition.
The organiser of the exhibition said that 9th My Karachi exhibition would be a complete exhibition in all aspects encompassing the interests of corporate sector as well as the consumers while truly representing Pakistan in terms of cultural cross section in a unique urban scenario.
The chamber started this mega exhibition in 2004 with the initiative of Siraj Kassam Teli, the then President of KCCI, which received acclamation on both National and International forums. In view of its significance and magnitude, Government of Sindh co-host this momentous exhibition every year. Core objective of this mega event is to project and promote the true and real picture of Karachi and Pakistan with an emphasis on Karachi as centre of commercial activities as well as hub for financial, economic and industrial activities of Pakistan.
It is focused that Karachi City-the largest metropolis of Pakistan-is recognised and valued as diversified fastest growing city and a gateway for Central Asia and Middle East. It would be a complete exhibition in all aspects encompassing the interests of corporate sector as well as the consumers while truly representing Pakistan in terms of cultural cross section in a unique urban scenario.
The organisers of the exhibition said that Karachi is recognised and valued as diversified fastest growing city and a gateway for Central Asia. However, continuously its image was tarnished by way of adverse propaganda made by the Western media, and the state of affairs demand that Karachiities specially the business and industrial community to come forward to combat and rebuild the image of metropolis in particular and Pakistan in general and make this event successful with flying colours.