ISLAMABAD, May 7 (APP):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, while calling for enhanced Pakistan-Japan trade and
investment cooperation, assured that the government would resolve the issues faci
ng Japanese businessmen within a week through mutual collaboration.
The prime minister, in the meeting with a delegation of Japanese companies and business figures in Pakistan led by Japanese Ambassador Wada Mitsuhiro, said a committee had been formed to resolve the issues confronting the Japanese firms to promote their business activities in the country.
He told the delegation that the Japanese companies should exploit Pakistan’s existing immense potential for
investment in the industry of electric vehicles.
Prime Minister Shehbaz said that being time-tested friends, the trade relations between Pakistan and Japan spanned over decades.
He said it was high time both countries promoted trade and
investment ties in multiple sectors, reiterating the resolution of problems faci
ng Japanese industrialists and traders.
The delegation members expressed confidence in the Government of Pakistan’s pro-business policies and measures to promote
investment.
The Japanese ambassador apprised the prime minister
of the upcoming visit of a 20-member delegation of renowned Japanese firms which would prove to be a milestone in enhancing the bilateral trade and
investment.
The delegation members viewed that a special focus on
investment and pro-business policies of Prime Minister Shehbaz-led government would help enhance the confide
nce of foreign
investors, besides increasing the country’s exports.
The prime minister was told that the Japanese firms had started preparations for manufacturing of hybrid vehicles in Pakistan which was lauded by the prime minister.
The representatives of different Japanese firms, while briefing the prime minister about their business activities in Pakistan, said that they were also exporting goods from Pakistan after value addition.
Federal ministers Jam Kamal Khan, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Rana Tanveer Hussain and Abdul Aleem Khan, Minister of State Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue and relevant senior officers attended the meeting.
