SIALKOT: Federal Minister for Commerce Engineer Khurram Dastgir has said the promotion of trade and export is the top priority of the country as government is successfully removing all the hurdles from the smooth sailing of national economic stability.
He stated this while addressing an important meeting of the Sialkot business community held at Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PSGMEA) on Monday. PSGMEA Chairman Khurram Aslam presided over the meeting.
Federal Minister for Commerce added that the PML-N government is making effective efforts to boost country’s trade and exports by taking the business community into confidence. He further said the government is well aware of the business community’s problems and trying to resolve them amicably.
Engineer Khurram Dastgir revealed that all the commercial attaches have been appointed at the foreign missions of Pakistan purely on merit with the special tasks to facilitate Pakistani exporters. He also seeks the regular feedback from Sialkot exporters on the performance of Pakistan commercial attaches abroad.
He announced facilitating the Sialkot exporters with maximum level of arranging the foreign trade delegation besides encouraging them to participate in all the international trade fairs and exhibitions.
Federal Minister informed the media that Pakistani government would soon organize the awareness-raising seminars on the CPEC project in all the main industrial cities of Pakistan. CPEC project would also help produce the maximum energy crisis, he stressed. He said the Pakistan is negotiating with the Ali Baba business company to reduce the registration fees for Sialkot businessmen.
He said the government is also making all-out efforts to bring the international Paypall and other payment gateways to Pakistan very soon. Federal Commerce Minister pledged to provide the advanced drug-checking scanners to all the dry ports in the country. Khurram added that the government is also upgrading the old manufacturing technology to promote the export industries of Sialkot-Pakistan on modern lines as well.
He said the present government has made a prosperous and economically stable Pakistan by ensuring peace in Karachi.
