Daily Times

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar said that Pakistan is a peaceful country which has rendered invaluable sacrifices for peace in the region.

“Pakistan intends to achieve its economic growth targets by promoting trade and economic relations with the European Union and other countries of the world,” he stated while talking to a six-member delegation of European Conservative & Reformists (ECR) group of parliamentarians led by ECR Vice President Hans-Olaf Henkel at the Governor’s House on Thursday.

The Punjab governor said that strengthening of national economy is not possible without the promotion of trade and economic activities.

“This is why the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government is following a holistic strategy to promote trade economic activities by providing conducive atmosphere to the investors,” he said adding that millions of new opportunities of employment will be created due to increased investment. Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar said that he worked very hard for achieving the GSP+ status in his previous tenure but the previous government could not achieve sufficient benefits due to some reasons. He said that provision of basic necessities of life to the people is a priority agenda of the government and devolution of power and authority to the grassroots is being ensured so that local bodies’ representatives could better serve the people.

“The government fully believes in corruption-free and clean politics and we will come up to the expectations of the people on the basis of our performance,” he said.

The delegation termed the achievement of GSP+ status for European markets an important achievement of Pakistan and appreciated the strong role rendered by Muhammad Sarwar in this regard. They said that experiences of Sarwar and his close contacts with the European countries will help in economic development of Pakistan. They also appreciated government’s efforts for bringing improvements in the economic sector and said that achievement of GSP+ status is the result of these steps.

Published in Daily Times, September 21^st 2018.