Addressing the annual get-together of Islamabad-Rawalpindi based bankers, he said that if the situation with India kept improving, then there will be high competition in the field of business and economy.
"We will have good business competition in the days to come, he said.
Sheikh Rashid said that since we are passing through a most important era that emerged soon after 9/11, the every segment of our society is morally bound to carry out their responsibilities with national spirit.
He said it is high time that educated people should come forward and play their due role in building a healthy society. "You should become active in the society-building activities," he said.
Earlier, in his keynote address, Bankers Club president and chief-manager, State Bank of Pakistan, Ishaq shed light on the activities of the club and endeavoured to acquire a plot in the capital to construct building for the club.
Managing-director, State Bank of Pakistan, Liaqat Durrani in his vote of thanks expressed the resolve to revive the recreational activities of the club as it had been the routine some seven years back in his earlier tenure in the federal capital.