Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said the government attaches top priority to the resolution of problems faced by the entrepreneurs and all possible steps will be taken to facilitate the business community. He said this while talking to a delegation of leading businessmen who called on him here at Governor's House. The premier told the industrialists that the government had taken a number of measures which helped stabilise the national economy. "Now the country's economic situation is much better than 2013," he said.
Nawaz further said the government was paying full attention to overcome loadshedding and resolving the energy shortages. A number of power projects are under completion which will help flourish business activities and industries. Talking about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, he said the CPEC was a game changer and it will not only bring about an economic revolution in Pakistan but will also change the fate of the entire region. "The CPEC will open new paths of progress."
About the security situation in the country, the prime minister said that success of Zarb-e-Azb was rooting out the menace of terrorism from Pakistani soil. The premier also said that the purpose of their endeavours is the socio-economic uplift of the people and to make Pakistan a developed and prosperous country.
The businessmen appreciated the leadership role of the prime minister in taking the country out of challenges in difficult times. They said the present government had successfully turned around Pakistan's economy and had initiated mega infrastructure development projects across the country. Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana was also present at the occasion.
APP adds: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Saturday said that during last three years, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has put the national economy on right track. Chairing a high level meeting at Governor House here, the prime minister said the national economy was getting stable and today's Pakistan was economically stronger and safer than that of 2013.
The meeting was also attended by Governor Malik Rafiq Rajwana, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Water and Power Minister Khawaja Asif, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir, renowned businessmen and officials of the departments concerned.
He said the government had introduced fundamental reforms to attract more investment as a smooth business system would bring in more investment ultimately creating more employment opportunities. Nawaz Sharif said in consultation with the business community, the government would facilitate the investors and emphasised the need to work harder for country's progress and prosperity.
He told the participants of the meeting that China Pakistan Economic Corridor was a gigantic project to usher Pakistan's prosperity. He said out of $46 billion being invested by China, $35 billion would be spent only on power projects which after completion, would not only help overcome load-shedding but also provide low-cost electricity.
He said work on various development projects was going on with swift pace under CPEC in Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Gwadar Port and Gwadar Airport are also being developed in Balochistan, he added. The prime minister viewed that not only the people of Pakistan but the whole region would get benefit from the CPEC projects what he said was monitoring personally.
He hoped that the Corridor would also lead to the elimination of extremism, poverty and unemployment from the region. He said no other country but China had ever made such a heavy investment in Pakistan. Country's renowned businessmen reposed their full confidence in the steps being taken for promotion of business opportunities in Pakistan, under the leadership of Premier Sharif. They viewed that the PML-N government had introduced the best reforms in various sectors for uplift of the national economy.
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