ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif has said there will be investment of 40 billion dollars from Gulf states in the next 4 to 5 years in agriculture sector and 4 million new jobs will be created.

National seminar on food security and agriculture was not an ordinary event Agriculture sector can become major instrumental in our economic development. We will build robust economy after getting rid of loans, he said this in a tweet.

In the national seminar on food security and agriculture I have underlined the need for bringing improvement in agriculture sector as basis for second green revolution. We all have heard about tall claims, lofty visions and attractive slogans but they have remained of no avail without hard work, perseverance and diligence.

He stated that Gulf states import agriculture products and food items worth 40 billion dollars annually. Government resolve is to fetch investment of billions from Gulf states to Pakistan in agriculture sector through Special Investment Facilitation Council . Steps have been taken in this regard.

"We want to build resilient economy by relying on our indigenous resources and getting rid of loans. We all together will achieve this objective, he added.