LAHORE: Due to Pakistan Army’s role in restoring peace in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), foreign and local investors have moved towards the area to utilise business opportunities.
This was stated by Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) President and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain, while talking to business community. He said that under the directives of COAS General Raheel Sharif, Army is also providing relief to Temporary Displaced People (TDPs). He called upon investors for taking advantage of emerging situation and diverts their investment to FATA.
Zahid Hussain said that FATA has immense potential for investment, because of its advantageous location and hardworking manpower. The potential of FATA could not be exploited in past, due to security situation and lack of commitment on part of the successive governments, but the incumbent government led by PM Nawaz Sharif seems very serious about it, he said.
The Army has realized that investment in FATA amounts to investing in bright and secure future of Pakistan, therefore it has concentrated on it in a way which is resulting in a big change, he said. Army has also taken a lead in supporting TDPs in a meaningful way, winning hearts and minds of people which is not going down well with some politicians, he added.
