An investment opportunity in Pakistan will be presented by PM Shehbaz Sharif

NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif once again point up that the Pakistan-US trade and investment relations need to be further strengthened during a meeting of the US-Pakistan Business Council delegation at the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. He informed the delegates that he would work intensively in his government to facilitate as much foreign investment from the United States as possible in all sectors of the economy of Pakistan.

It consisted of the head of the US-Pakistan Business Council, Esperanza Jelalian and other top corporate executives, along with key leaders of major US business enterprises.

The Prime Minister of the country had a word of advise on this discussion, stating that the Government is fully committed towards making ease of doing business in Pakistan, and he throws the open arm for valuable input from the corporate sector. The Special Investment Facilitation Council introduced here would raise the level of investor confidence with appropriately designed solutions and demand-driven support to smoothen the process of project implementation.

He said the SIFC was a high-level one-window agency created to facilitate foreign investment in the prime sectors like agriculture, information technology, energy, and mining.
Sharif said several areas are ripe for investment which include agriculture, fintech, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and mining with the hope that US companies would take advantage of the government’s supportive policies.

She highlighted that this is a very good investment opportunity for the United States, and in further elaboration, she told that a delegation would welcome to come and explain other opportunities within the country.
The session was closed by an interactive Q&A in which Prime Minister himself answered most of the questions of representatives of US enterprises and built a joint dialogue on future investments.