Pakistan’s economic survival solution lies in export growth stated by former Caretaker Federal Minister for Interior & Commerce and Chairman FPCCI think tank,Ejaz Gohar when he was discussing the existing country’s challenges in the press conference on Saturday at FPCCI head office ,Federation house in Karachi . He said that he constituted a high-profile think tank of the apex body – comprising the nation’s top economic minds, governance specialists, industrialists, entrepreneurs, investors and exporters. The body will be called FPCCI’s Think Tank on Pakistan’s Economic Revival & Growth (FPCCI-PERG).which is striving for the economic revival.
He is confident that the entire business, industry and trade community of Pakistan is united for the economic revival of Pakistan; and, being the apex body, FPCCI is helping him to ensemble group of Pakistan’s brightest minds.He was grieved from external debts especially of IMF and said that today we are happy that we got success to achieve 24 th IMF program to pay back our previous loan instalment .
The members of FPCCI-PERG will include: the veteran industrialist, Bashir Jan Mohammad; the capital markets czar, Arif Habib; serial entrepreneur, Mohammad Ali Tabba; former Presidents of FPCCI, Mian Muhammad Idrees & Ghazanfar Bilour; top exporter, Dr. Nouman Idrees Butt; CEO TDAP, Zubair Motiwala; Chairman APTMA, Asif Inam and former president Lahore Chamber, Shahzad Ali Malik and Begum Shamshad Akhter.
The objectives of the think tank is conducting research on economic challenges & opportunities; formulating evidence-based policy recommendations for sustainable economic growth and facilitating dialogue among the quadrilateral alliance of policymakers, industry, academia & civil society.
S.M Tanveer , Patron in chief UBG in his address said that all major sectors and industrial regions of the country will be represented by their best of the best – and, FPCCI is all-willing to kickstart a result-oriented consultative process with the government for the best interest of business community.
Former Federal Minister Revenue Begum Shamshad Akhter urges the media to understand government problems and play a positive role which can give confidence to our policy makers and bureaucracy .
The Press briefing is attended by Former Provincial Minister ,IT- Sindh Mian Zahid, Former President FPCCI – Daro Khan , President KATI – Johar Qandhari ,Khalid Tawab,Asif Sheikh ,Mian Shabbir Mansha and others.
