Japan - Pakistan business co-operation committee

In July 1983, President Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

proposed the establishment of JPBCC during a visit to Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. In May 1984, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone

Yasuhiro Nakasone

is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of...

expressed his interest in creating such a committee while on a visit to Pakistan

Pakistan

. Following this, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Since its inception in 1950, the FPCCI has advocated and voiced the collective opinion, concern and aspiration of the private sector and offered helpful advice and solid assistance to the Government in its efforts to promote exports, encourage foreign investment and stimulate economic activity in...

began preparations to form the committee, and it was inaugurated in November 1984 to promote bilateral business ties, trade, investment, tourism, and other economic activities.

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