ISLAMABAD: To evolve a consensus on economic policies, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will speak at a one-day pre-budget business conference today (Tuesday) taking all stakeholders on board.
The conference will bring together leaders from a wide range of industries on a single platform for a vibrant and interactive debate, in line with the prime minister’s vision of the Charter of Economy and an inclusive economic policy-making approach. The PM will consider the participants’ ideas for a flourishing economy with a strong foundation for development.
The conference will centre on the PM’s vision of a Pakistan where people’s social, political, and economic rights are protected. The conference will try to develop measures to tackle people’s economic struggle and assist the country get back on track to a better future through mutual consultation.
Industry executives from agriculture, information technology, textiles, manufacturing, and other sectors will speak at the one-day conference. Participants will evaluate Pakistan’s current economic difficulties and come up with short, medium, and long-term remedies.
The event will evaluate options and opportunities for employment and business for all, thereby eliminating poverty and providing a decent standard of living for all. This initiative will also welcome recommendations from the participants for the budget 2022–23.
Through an engagement process among stakeholders from the business community, it will also formulate proposals for the budget for 2022–23.
During a separate meeting with a group of Japanese companies, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had said that his government was working to improve trade and investment ties with Japan.
He said hurdles would be removed in the way of the smooth functioning of the investment infrastructure. The prime minister, in this regard, set up a committee to resolve the issues faced by the Japanese companies in Pakistan on a priority basis and sought a report within a week.
PM Sharif termed Japan a close friend of Pakistan and lauded the fact that the country was one of the largest donors to Pakistan in public sector development. He said the generous Japanese donations amounted to $13 billion in seven decades and contributed immensely to the development of Pakistan.
He mentioned that Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA) played a positive role in providing Pakistan with the technical support to grant aid and bilateral loans through the conduct of technical feasibility studies.
