"The government would soon organise awareness-raising seminars on CPEC project in all the main industrial cities," he said while addressing a meeting of Sialkot business community at Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PSGMEA). The Association Chairman Khurram Aslam presided over the meeting. He said, "Promotion of trade and exports was top priority of the country, as the government was successfully removing all the hurdles from smooth way of national economical stability." He announced to facilitate Sialkot exporters at maximum level for arranging foreign trade delegation, besides encouraging them to participate in all the international trade fairs and exhibitions including International Trade Fair to be held in January 2018 in Munich-Germany.
He said, "The government was providing uninterrupted electricity to the industry, and pledged to provide further cheap electricity to them with completion of several new power generation projects. The government is implementing its top agenda of economic growth under dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif."
He said, "Pakistan was negotiating with Ali Baba business company and discussing with the officials concerned to reduce the registration fees for the Sialkot businessmen." Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan said, "The government is also making all out sincere efforts to bring international PayPal and other payment gateways to Pakistan very soon, saying that international payment gateway PayPal will start its regular services in Pakistan very soon, as the necessary legislation was being made here under the supervision of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)." He also pledged to provide advanced drugs checking scanners to all dry ports in the country, adding that government is taking a very lenient view for exporters and export sector.
Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan narrated, "The government was also upgrading and updating the old manufacturing technology to flourish and boost export-oriented industries of Sialkot on modern lines as well." Central Chairman of Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Ejaz A Khokhar, PSGMEA Chairman Khurram Aslam, Chairman Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Malik Muhammad Ashraf, Chairman Sialkot Dry Port Trust (SDPT) Muhammad Haneef Khan, Sialkot business community's leader Riaz Ud Din Sheikh, former SCCI President Khawar Anwar Khawaja, Haji Aftab Barlas(former SVP of FPCCI) and Professor Safdar Sandal were also present.
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