Islamabad—The UAE Minister for Higher Education
and Scientific research Shaikh Nahyan Bin
Mubarak Al Nahyan, who is also Chairman of Abu
Dhabi Group, has receive the Largest foreign
investor of Pakistan award. This is the first
ever award presented by the Pakistani private
sector to an investment group.
Lahore—SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI)
president Tariq Sayeed has urged tangible
business proposals to ensure maximum benefit
from economic cooperation in South Asia He was
addressing the inaugural session of seminar on
‘Quantification of Benefits from Regional
Cooperation in South Asia’ organized by Foreign
Trade Institute of Pakistan in collaboration
with Asian Development Bank (ADB-UNCTAD) at a
local hotel on Tuesday.
Karachi—The Swiss Business Council (SBC) will
become an important networking and business
platform for all stakeholders of the bilateral
trade ties. This was stated by the Consul
General of Switzerland in karachi, Martin Bienz.
He was speaking on the occasion of a reception
he hosted here on Monday night to mark the
launching of the SBC.
Lahore—Punjab Minister for Agriculture Ahmad Ali
Aulakh Tuesday stressed to promote mechanization
farming for achieving breakthrough in the
production of major crops in the province. He
was presiding over a meeting to finalize
strategy for enhancing production of cotton and
rice in the province during 2008-09 here.
Islamabad—Minister for Petroleum and Natural
Resources Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said the
government is taking steps to attract more
investment in power generation, oil and gas
sector.
