Empowerment of Business Community
Since its inception, Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR) had decided to work with the business community and chambers of commerce and industry in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to generate fresh ideas and bridge the gap between business community and policy-makers in general. In this connection, CPDR decided to support nascent cross Line of Control trade, besides, providing consultancy to the Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to organize events and meetings with the policy-makers in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad.
| Agreement Desc |
Date |
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| Agreement on restructuring the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Istanbul |
28 Nov 2011 |
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| J&K JCCI Statement of Agreement - Kuala Lumpur |
22-23 Jan 2014 |
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| Meeting on intra-Kashmir trade and confidence-building measures, Joint Statement - Dubai |
16-19 Dec 2015 |
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| Reports |
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| Information Sheet about Cross-LoC Trade from Azad Jammu and Kashmir |
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19th October 2020 | Chaudhary Ghulam MurtazaAzad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) can be divided into two geographical clusters; the Northern part comprises of the capital Muzaffarabad and Poonch while Mirpur and Kotli are located in the Southern part. Economic dynamics of the northern part are dependent on public sector services in Muzaffarabad & private sector services in Poonch division, with common partial reliance on tourism and agriculture.
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Various representatives of regional chambers of commerce and industry, associations and federations of cross-LoC traders and some independent entrepreneurs from Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-adminstered Kashmir met for ‘Jammu and Kashmir Cross-Line of Control Business Track II’ in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between June 23-25.
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Atiq-ur-Rehman
1: Background
The experience of trade between two parts of the divided Kashmir has been more successful than the expectations. Despite the harsh political circumstances, unavailability of infrastructure and other facilities, and a very short list of tradable items; the current volume of trade is impressive.
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7 Dec 2017 | Ameya Kilara, Contributor
A barter trade connecting people across Kashmir’s “Berlin Wall” is perilously close to being shut down. In October, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson landed in South Asia on the ninth anniversary of a rare “Berlin Wall moment” in Kashmir. In October 2008, Indian and Pakistani leaders opened up the heavily-guarded Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir for small-scale, barter trade.
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