The Chief Executive Officer of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank, Keiko Honda led a delegation for a meeting with Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar here Tuesday. The minister welcomed the visiting delegation and thanked Keiko for accepting the invitation to visit Pakistan. He gave a brief overview of Pakistan's current economic profile and said that Pakistan had made visible strides in terms of improvement in the economy over the last three years.
He said that the forex reserves were at the highest ever level of US 23 billion dollars while revenue collection of Rs 3112 billion showing 60 percent increase compared to three years ago is also unprecedented. Economic growth of 4.71 percent is highest in the last 8 years. International rating institutions has recognised these achievements and improved country's credit rating.
He said the government has complete focus on growth and the policies are geared towards that objective. A number of measures have been included in the budget 2016-17 to encourage exports, agriculture and industry, which are likely to facilitate government's endeavour to achieve higher inclusive growth. He also mentioned projects in the energy sector including Dassu and Diamer Bhasha that would help generate electricity and store water for irrigation. He said government has taken series of reforms in different sectors which have helped attain macro-economic stability. The reform process he said would continue in the next two years.
Ms Keiko Honda said that MIGA is supporting a number of projects in Pakistan and is deeply interested to expand the portfolio. She said that it was the first ever visit of MIGA CEO to Pakistan, which is an indication of the increasing interest the Agency in Pakistan.-PR
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