According to many businessmen in Pakistan Sri Lanka could play the lead role in promoting trade  in the South Asian region.  President of the Karachchi chamber of commerce  and founder president of the  Pakistan-Japan business forum , Majyed Aziz   Balagamwala said Sri Lanka is the only South Asian country  that could play  the lead role  to boost  trade in the  region. He was speaking after the   Indo-Pakistan  business forum concluded in Karachchi recently.    Former president of the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Business Forum  and  director of the   Pakistan-Russia business council  Abdul Rauf Thabani said  that Sri Lanka could fast turn out to be a  major commercial hub that would promote trade in the South  Asia region.   Vice President if the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and industry,  Ali Mallik said that  stronger economic  relations among Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan could bring  peace and prosperity to the South Asian region.