Government is currently devising a national e-commerce policy
\nGovernment is vigorously working on energy, infrastructure and communication projects for attracting investment in different sectors
\nOnline\u00a0Islamabad:\u00a0Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan is ready to work in collaboration with international trade organizations for promotion of trade.\u201c improvement has come in law and order situation and basic infrastructure in Pakistan.
\nGovernment is vigorously working on energy, infrastructure and communication projects for attracting investment in different sectors including trade.
\nPakistan is ready to work with international trade organizations for promotion of trade. National E-Commerce policy is bring evolved\u201d, he said this while talking to International Trade Centre (ITC) Geneva Executive Director Arancha Gonzalez who called on PM f at PM House on Thursday morning.
\nThe Prime Minister welcomed the Executive Director on her first ever visit to Pakistan, on behalf of the Government of Pakistan.
\nOn this occasion, The Prime Minister observed that the E.D\u2019s visit to Pakistan follows the first ever visit of the DG WTO which underscores Pakistan\u2019s commitment to participation in multilateral trade as a responsible, effective and positive member of the international community.
\nThe PM informed the Executive Director of his government\u2019s efforts that stabilized Pakistan\u2019s economy, and is on its way to achieve further higher growth trajectory in the coming months.
\nThe PM expressed that Pakistan is looking forward to enhanced interaction with international organizations in order to adopt and implement best international practices for increasing the country\u2019s share in international trade.
\nThe PM thanked the ED for inaugurating the first ever \u201cShe Trades\u201d seminar in Pakistan saying that his Government is fully committed to empowerment of women at the broadest level and enhancing their participation in international trade.
\nThe PM informed the ED that his Government is currently devising a national e-commerce policy for which the federal Ministers of Finance, Commerce and IT are jointly working.Executive Director (ITC) said that Pakistan\u2019s economy has achieved stability and is further improving after the improved security and law and order situation in the country.
\nShe further said that the massive investments in improving the country\u2019s infrastructure, especially the roads and communication networks have started giving dividends.
\nThe ED appreciated the government\u2019s concrete steps which have reduced power shortages paving the way for ensuring enhanced economic activities.She said, \u2018This is my first visit to Pakistan as Executive Director International Trade Centre and what I have seen is a country on the move, a country that has made enormous progress on stabilizing the macro economic situation of the country, in improving the infrastructure, improving the security.
\nAll these are essential ingredients to ensure that trade, business and growth can happen and that this growth can translate into benefits for the ordinary men and women in Pakistan.
\nI had very cordial discussion with the PM and we are now going to be supporting Pakistan in translating all this progress achieved at the hard infrastructure level into softer infrastructure progress\u2019 in entrepreneurship, in simplifying trade rules, in boosting the competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises here in Pakistan so that they could contribute strongly\u2019, added the ED, ITC.Engineer Khuram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Commerce, Dr. Muhammad Saeed, Senior Advisor, ITC, Mr. Matthew Anthony Wilson. ITC, Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah, Ambassador of Pakistan to the WTO and other senior Government officials were also present during the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government is currently devising a national e-commerce policy Government is vigorously working on energy, infrastructure and communication projects for attracting investment in different sectors Online\u00a0Islamabad:\u00a0Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan is ready to work in collaboration with international trade organizations for promotion of trade.\u201c improvement has come in law and order situation and basic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n