LONDON:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the relevant authorities to develop a comprehensive roadmap and a reform agenda with practical projects to promote investment and trade in all key sectors.
Chairing a high-level meeting via Zoom on enhancing investment volume, economic and trade activities in Pakistan, the prime minister emphasized that agriculture, IT, minerals, tourism, and renewable energy were important sectors that could attract foreign investment.
Along with investment, he said promoting trade was also part of the government’s policy to significantly increase exports of the country.
The prime minister said that targets had been given to the ministries to utilize all available resources to ensure the timely completion of all ongoing projects.
He also directed all ministers to identify feasible projects and take immediate steps to put them into practice. For this purpose, he said a roadmap and a reform agenda should be devised with the future in mind, so that progress toward our goals can be made in an organized manner.
The prime minister emphasized that the private sector will play a pivotal role in the economic roadmap and their participation will be ensured. “Our ongoing economic and financial reform policies have given a new direction to the economy, and due to the innovation and transparency, the country is now on the path of development,” he added.
Later, the prime minister left London for New York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
KSA National Day
The premier on behalf of the people and the government of Pakistan, has extended the warmest felicitations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Saudi brothers and sisters, on the observance of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
