ISLAMABAD – President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sheikh AmirWaheed has hinted at boycott of Indian products in Pakistan.

He said if Indian leadership did not change its current approach towardsPakistan, the business community of Pakistan would keep boycotting Indianproducts.

Commenting on India’s negative reply to Pakistan’s negotiations offer hesaid that Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken a wise step by offering Indiato start dialogue process at foreign ministers level, but Indian leadershipafter accepting this offer has backtracked that has created disappointmentin the business community of Pakistan.

He said due to this unwise approach of Indian leadership, the businesscommunity of Pakistan has decided to boycott Indian products till the timethe Indian leadership has not changed its approach to normalizing relationswith Pakistan.

President ICCI said that according to the latest study of World Bank,Pakistan and India has the potential to increase annual trade volume fromcurrent $2 billion to $37 billion, but the shortsighted approach of Indianleadership was the biggest hurdle in realizing this huge trade potentialbetween the two close neighbours.