Staff Reporter
Lahore
The speakers at a business conference have called for providing relief to the private sector to boost economic growth besides generating employment through improvement in ease of doing-business and industry-friendly policies in the country.
The conference was organized by the All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) on the theme of ‘Way to a Prosperous Pakistan’ here recently.
Besides APBF Chairman Ibrahim Qureshi, President Syed Maaz Mahmood and General Secretary Khurram Niaz, the key speakers included Federal Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister Fawad Chaudry, Chairperson Commonwealth for Women Ms. Shandana Gulzar, World Bank Country Director Illangovan Potchamotho, EU ambassador Androula Kaminara, Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Stefano Pontecorvo, Ambassador of Denmark Rolf Michael Hay Pereira Holmboe and NUST GTTN Amer Hashmi etc.
The speakers appreciated Pakistan’s better ranking on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index but stressed the need for paying more attention to that area. They also suggested that business-friendly loans at low interest rate are critical to improve the ease of doing-business policy.
The APBF moot on ‘Way to a Prosperous Pakistan—Sectors that require Focus & Implementation’ had arranged four major sessions for in-depth panel discussions, including “Economy & Ease of Doing Business in Pakistan”; “Technical Education and Skills Development”; “Entrepreneurship & Women Development and Role of women in Economy” and “Climate Change, Water Resources and Renewable Energy”.