Islamabad: The services of a global firm have been acquired to increase investment in Pakistan and improve the efficiency of government institutions.An important meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding increasing investment and improving the efficiency of government institutions, in which a briefing was given by the Public Private Partnership Authority that increasing the efficiency of federal ministries and improving investment.Consultancy firm Kearney has been hired to hire experts.In the briefing, it was mentioned that Kearney is an internationally renowned firm with operations all over the world, especially in the Middle East.Addressing the participants of the meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that increasing investment in the country is the first priority of the government. The government is taking all possible steps to provide a business friendly environment to traders and investors.He directed to take immediate effective measures for invest ment and government efficiency improvement projects that are likely to yield results soon.Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of State for Finance Ali Pervez Malik, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jahanzeb Khan, Prime Minister's Coordinator Rana Ehsan Afzal and relevant senior officials were present in the meeting. Officers attended.