Islamabad—The Federal Minister for Investment
Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan, said that present
government is encouraging investment and has
identified infrastructure, oil & gas, power,
food & agriculture and communication as priority
sectors for investment. He was talking to Group
of indigenous businessmen/ CEOs of multinational
companies, who called on the minister in his
office today.
Islamabad—Mian Shaukat Masud, President and
Muhammad Ishtiaq Qureshi, Vice President of
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI)
in a joint statement called upon the Government
to evolve a comprehensive strategy to exploit
the indigenous coal reserves for generating
cheap and dependable energy. They said it was
really pitiable that despite having total coal
reserves of over 185 billion tons and being the
sixth largest coal rich country in the world,
Pakistan was still an energy deficit country,
which showed our lack of planning and foresight
to safeguard country’s interests.
Karachi —Export Processing Zone Authority which
has yet to prove its worth despite years of
existence gets yet another new chief as Eng.
Aftab Ahmed Memon an officer of District
Management Group has been appointed as Chairman,
Export Processing Zones Authority.
Lahore—Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum Dr
Asim has said that the government is using all
options at its disposal to minimize effects of
energy crises on the industry, especially on the
export industry. He was speaking at a briefing
on ‘APTMA and winter load management’ at SNGPL
head-office here on Monday. M.D. SNGPL Rashid
Lone, Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills
Association (APTMA) Tariq Mehmood and other
senior representatives of both the organizations
were also present.
Karachi—President, Federation of Pakistan
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Sultan
Ahmed Chawla and other members of Pakistan trade
delegation, led by Chief Executive of TDAP
Mohibullah Shah called on Chief Executive
Officer of the Brampton Board of Trade of
Canada, Gary Collins.
