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Ahsan Iqbal for promoting economic diplomacy
Imad Uddin
28 Jan, 2015
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Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2015/01/app80-28islamabad.jpg">ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Professor Ahsan Iqbal here on Wednesday urged the need to promote economic diplomacy for increasing foreign direct investment in the country.</P><P class=MsoNormal>Talking to recently appointed Pakistan's Permanent Representative to United Nations, Dr Maleeha Lodhi who called on him, he said there is a need to promote economic diplomacy for country's economic uplift.</P><P class=MsoNormal>The business community, diaspora and think-tanks should be engaged by diplomatic mission in the United States to promote soft image of the country as an investment destination, he added.</P><P class=MsoNormal>Acknowledging terrorism is a hurdle in the way of attracting foreign investment, the minister said that government has launched a decisive military operation against the extremists, who are confined only to some remote areas.</P><P class=MsoNormal>)
