KARACHI: The Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs at the US Department of State, Amos Hochstein, has called on American Business Council’s (ABC) Executive Committee in Karachi and discussed energy issues with them.
ABC President Arshad Saeed Husain and Vice President Amin Muhammad Khowaja greeted the US delegation, which included State Department Energy Bureau Chief of Staff Andrea Richter, Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Senior Advisor James Schwemlein, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Pakistan’s Energy Office Director Mike Curtis and US Consulate Karachi Political and Economic Chief Chad Peterson.
Addressing on the occasion, Hochstein said,“I welcome the opportunity to meet with the leaders of the American Business Council in Karachi to continue our joint effort to help Pakistan better meet its energy needs.”
He said that these American businesses have collectively invested more than $750 million in Pakistan and they generated revenues of more than $3.7 billion. To help these businesses continue to expand, “an adequate, stable supply of power is crucial,” said the US special envoy.
