President Dr Arif Alvi Monday said Pakistan was focusing on the optimal utilization of its geo-economic location to attract foreign invest-ment as well as advance the goals of national eco-nomic development.
The president, in a meeting here with a delegation of the American Business Forum (ABF), led by its President Vaseem Anvar, said Pakistan had de-signed its economic policy in a way to provide a comprehensive framework for creating a conducive business environment to encourage foreign direct investment.
He said Pakistan had introduced a liberal investment regime and was actively working on further improv-ing the ease of doing business to attract foreign investment.
He said the US businessmen needed to take benefit of the investment-friendly policy to invest in various sectors of Pakistan’s economy.
The president, in order to financially empower women and differently-abled people (DAPs), urged the delegation members to work for the skill devel-opment of women and DAPs and provide them jobs in their respective firms based in Pakistan.
The delegation members said their key objective was to provide a platform to American companies for business expansion and enhance foreign direct investment.They said the ABF was playing a key role in pro-moting trade and investment, which was vital for the economic development of Pakistan.
