ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has emphasized the need for providing state-of-the-art and best possible facilities to exporters at Dry Ports to ensure prompt delivery of export consignments and enable the exporters reap optimum benefits from the trade concessions offered by the international community to the country.
The President was talking to a delegation of Sialkot Dry Port Trust led by Ishaque Butt Chairman, Sialkot Dry Port Trust and All Pakistan Dry Ports Association here at Aiwn-e-Sadr.
The president pointed out that timely delivery of export orders had become essential feature of the global trade and urged for more vigorous steps and initiatives to boost the country’s exports.
Besides Ishaque Butt, the delegation included Multan Dry Port Trust Chairman Khawaja Muhammad Younus, SCCI Committee on Small Industrial Estates/ EPZ Chairman Dr Mohammad Aslam Dar and All Pakistan Dry Ports Association Secretary General Mohammad Khalid Butt.
President Mamnoon Hussain underlined the important role of the business community and exporters in the ongoing economic turnaround of the country and called upon them to step up efforts and complement governments measures to fully exploit the Geo-strategic location of the country.
Commenting on various challenges confronted by the business community, the President said that the government was fully alive to the problems and concerns of the businessmen and all possible steps were being taken to provide a conducive environment for robust trade and investment in the country.
Referring to the recent turnaround in various sectors of the economy, the President said that due to business-friendly policies of the government, economic indicators were showing positive trends and the confidence of both domestic and foreign investors had been restored.
Highlighting the important role of Dry Ports, the President observed that Sialkot Dry Port Trust was pre-dominantly engaged in exports and appreciated the services rendered by country’s exporters by earning valuable foreign exchange for the country.
Mamnoon Hussain said that Sialkot Dry Port Trust, being cargo handler and freight forwarder had important role to play in the export promotion and urged SDPT to take advantage of automation of Customs processes and advancement in telecommunication to improve and provide efficient and competitive services to its clients.
The President also assured all out support to the Sialkot Dry Port Trust in performance of its functions aimed at export promotion in the country.
The delegation thanked the President for meeting and assured that SDPT would continue making its positive contributions towards boosting countrys exports and developing national economy.
