Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed Pakistan\u2019s desire to attract investment from the UK and other countries, highlighting the country\u2019s vast potential in diverse areas including agriculture, food security, information technology, tourism, and mining.
\nHe was talking to British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, who called on him at the PM House.<\/p>\n
The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Chief Economist and Director of the Economic and Evaluation Directorate, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, London, Professor Adnan Khan.
\nThe prime minister said, \u201cPakistan and the United Kingdom enjoy long-standing relations that are further strengthening with the passage of time.\u201d
\nHe also emphasized the government\u2019s commitment to improving governance structures and introducing institutional reforms.
\nHe said that the government was taking measures at the micro and macroeconomic levels to recover the country\u2019s economy.
\nMoreover, he said the digitization process of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was in a final stage.
\nThe British delegation felicitated the government\u2019s initiative to declare an education emergency in the country and expressed support for Pakistan\u2019s recovery efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday expressed Pakistan\u2019s desire to attract investment from the UK and other countries, highlighting the country\u2019s vast potential in diverse areas including agriculture, food security, information technology, tourism, and mining. He was talking to British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, who called on him at the PM House. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-406244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n