Ahead of the North Zone Council meeting to be chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah in Amritsar on September 26, a prominent trade body has raised the demand for the resumption of trade links with Pakistan. Traders are hopeful that the Union government will once again open the Integrated Check Post at Attari, to activate business routes for trade with Pakistan, boosting economic activities in the border State of Punjab. Ashok Sethi, director of the Confederation of International Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said there is an urgent need to restart trade as local businesses have been facing economic crises since 2019, with trade remaining suspended following the Pulwama terror attack.
