Islamabad: Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif says business community and industrialists are the backbone of country's economy and resolving their problems is government's top priority.
Talking to leading businessmen and industrialists in Islamabad on Friday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said the government is vigorously pursuing the strategy to bring in business and investor-friendly policies in the country.
The Prime Minster said the business community and investors have been provided with a simple and easy platform under the Special Investment Facilitation Council, where facilities are being provided under one-window operation.
He informed that a major task has been completed regarding the digitization of the Federal Board of Revenue as transparency has been promoted through the Faceless Customs Assessment System.
The Prime Minister further said country's macroeconomic conditions have significantly improved due to the efforts of government's economic team. He, however, stressed the need to work hard to bring further improvements at the microeconomic level to pass on dividends of economic improvement to the people.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said the government is striving hard to achieve sustainable development goals. He added that in the past year, there has been significant progress in terms of Foreign Direct Investment in the country. He said the government's priority regarding foreign direct investment is sectors that will boost the country's exports through investment,
Talking about his recent visits to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, Shehbaz Sharif said several agreements to bring investment to Pakistan were signed during these tours, which is a manifestation of confidence of foreign investors in country's economy.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister sought suggestions from the businessmen and industrialists to ensure sustainable progress in the country's growth rate. He also directed to constitute a committee comprising businessmen, industrialists and government ministers in this regard.
This committee will give suggestions to the government regarding achieving sustainable growth rate within two weeks.
On their part, the participants appreciated the effective measures taken by the Federal Board of Revenue and other government agencies to prevent smuggling and also praised the government's privatization and deregulation policy.