KARACHI – French Consul General in Karachi Francois Dall’orso stressed a need for boosting cooperation between the French and Pakistani entrepreneurs.
With France, Pakistan is already in a strong bilateral trade relation: rough estimates put the 2013 trade volume at $1.352 billion, up at least 14 per cent from 2012 figures, with the trade balance in Pakistan’s favour.
Talking to Sindh Board of Investment Chairman Dr Asif A Brohi, the envoy said that French specialists can also provide technical expertise to local entrepreneurs. He referred to varied exhibitions held in France and that are focussed on specialized sectors, said a press release.
He acknowledged that Sindh holds tremendous investment potential and hoped that his country could extend all needed support in varied identified spheres.
On the occasion, the SBI chairman said the government was keen to secure investment in agriculture, dairy, livestock, fisheries, education, agri-business value addition, aquaculture farming and so forth.
Dr Brohi said the provincial government was keen to promote foreign investment and also expected French specialists from identified sectors to help the concerned stakeholders in not only increasing the quantum of production but also turning these of international quality. He said that serious efforts were being made across the country for containment of energy crisis through multiple measures.
