Staff Reporter
Lahore
Provincial Industries, Trade, Information and Culture Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal met with a 15 member Chinese investors delegation under the leadership of Director General Mou Jundian from Qingdao Municipal Foreign Affairs Officer at CM office, here on Tuesday.
The delegation leader said that they are ready to extend every possible cooperation in order to bring economic and trade stability between Pakistan and China. He further said that there exists a conducive environment for investment and we want to enhance investment in Punjab.
Provincial Industries and Trade Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal while talking with a delegation said that Pakistan and China enjoy cordial and deep relations since years and economic relations between the two countries have entered into a new era. He said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a game-changer and it is playing an important role in the progress of Pakistan. Punjab government is setting up Special Economic Zones on thousands of acres of land across the province and Chinese companies should make investments over there and we will extend every possible facilitation and cooperation in this regard, he added.
New technical universities are also being established in Punjab and PTI government wants to benefit from the experiences of China in skilled sector, he stated. PTI government has undertaken exemplary steps by providing ease for doing business in the country under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Owing to this, there is a significant improvement in Pakistani rating, he maintained.
He further said that we have to bring Pakistan at 50th number with regard to providing ease for doing business in the next five years. Obstacles have been removed relating to investment and investors are being provided all facilities under one roof, he added. Mian Aslam Iqbal while talking with media representatives said that the people of Pakistan have got themselves rid of corrupt mafia during elections on 25th July, 2018 and people are standing with Prime Minister Imran Khan under the slogan for change.
Economic indicators have improved due to concrete policies being adopted under the able leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and it has also been acknowledged by international organizations, he complimented. The financial position of corrupt mafia has worsened after PTI government came into power and they are protesting on the roads for retrieving their financial distresses.
PTI government clinched votes in the name of change and Prime Minister Imran Khan talked in detail about Islamo-Phobia while those who got votes in the name of Islam are doing nothing, he stressed. If such people come for protest along with weapons and sticks and try to cause damage to anything then law will immediately come into action.
