H. E. General C.S. Weerasoorlya High Commissioner of Sri Lanka visited "Made in Gujranwala 2003" Industrial Exhibition with his wife on March 20, 2003. He was received at the main gate of the "Made in Gujranwala 2003" Industrial Exhibition by Kh. Tahir Hassan President of the GCCI, Haji Ihsan Ullah Chughtai SVP, Ch. Shafiq Ahmed Shahid VP, Sh. Muhammad Naseem Chairman Organizing Committee of "Made in Gujranwala 2003" Industrial Exhibition, Sh. Muhammad Aslam Vice Chairman, Muhammad Akram Badshah Convenor Exhibition and rest of the members of the organizing committee and members of the executive committee of the GCCI.

He visited every stall with his wife and exchanged his ideas with the stallholders. He took keen interest in Pakistani quality products and praised the arrangements of exhibition and said “I wish that trade between Pakistan and Sri Lanka could flourish more than the past in different industrial field. He said that Pakistani engineering products are very popular in Sri Lanka especially electric fan, electric motors, washing machines, geyers, water pumps and transformers can easily be exported to Sri Lanka. He said after the free trade agreement between Pakistan and Sri Lanka business activities will flourish between the two respective countries. He said Pakistan’s engineering industry is playing significant role in the economic development of the country. He said its performance and capacity to produce a whole wide range of products, light engineering goods, textile products to steel structure as well as heavy industries are steadily growing in Pakistan. He said it is a high time that people of Sri Lanka should avail the opportunity for making joint venture in the different industrial fields for strengthening the economy of Sri Lanka.”

He gave the following remarks in visitor’s book. We were very impressed by the quality of products and the diversity of the industries in Gujranwala. We saw in the exhibition a great potential for good manufactured in Pakistan. There is a good market of these products in Sri Lanka. It is pertinent to mention that a free trade agreement between our two nations is under discussion and once it is signed the trade increase to manifold in future. I wish to congratulate the Gujranwala Chamber for arranging an excellent industrial exhibition in Gujranwala”.

At the end of the ceremony President of the Chamber Kh. Tahir Hassan presented him a shield of the Exhibition for commemoration of sweet memories of "Made in Gujranwala 2003" Industrial Exhibition.