Vice Chairman Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) Pir Saad Ehsanuddin has said that the Punjab government is eager to explore opportunities to provide produces from Punjab an access to foreign markets. He expressed these views while talking to a four-member delegation of Metro Cash and Carry Group International headed by its Vice President Heinrich Otto Ekkehardt Birr.
He said the government is determined to work with multinational chains to facilitate their business activities. The delegation informed that Metro has a potential to invest 100 million Euro in Punjab, adding the group had exported 800 tons of kinnos from Pakistan last year and now planning to grow number of produces, especially mango.
The delegation offered to set up a pharmacist training facility in Punjab with the help of DEG, a German aid company. The delegation of Metro appreciated the proactive and positive role of PBIT to assist and facilitate business activities in the province. Pir Saad Ahsanuddin said the Punjab government would facilitate the company, as Punjab Chief Minister is committed to provide maximum facilitates to international business companies.