March 20, 2023

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that government is taking steps to provide all possible facilities to the investors and industrialists.

He was talking to Chairman Dawlance Fatih Kemal Ebiclioglu who along with a delegation called on him in Islamabad on Monday. 

The Prime Minister said there are immense opportunities for investment in information and technology, industry, energy, communication and infrastructure sectors of the country.

The Prime Minister observed that the destruction caused by the earthquake in Turkiye last month was unprecedented and Pakistani nation is grieved over such scale of devastation.

He said Pakistan immediately dispatched rescue, relief and medical teams to Turkiye and the relief goods are still being sent to the quake-hit country.

The delegation apprised the Prime Minister that huge investment was being made on the Dawlance unit already functioning in Pakistan, so that energy-efficient products could be produced with the use of the latest technology.

Moreover, a strategy was being mulled to transform the Dawlance production plant in Pakistan into a regional export hub.

The delegation further apprised that Arcelik, a Turkish household industry, had been providing internships to Pakistani students in Turkiye for the last two years.

The Prime Minister directed the relevant authorities to resolve all the operational issues of Dawlance.