Shehbaz Sharif orders to resolve issues faced by Chinese companies on priority basis

Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered to resolve issues faced by the Chinese companies on priority basis.

He was chairing a review meeting regarding investment of Chinese companies.

He instructed that security of the employees of the Chinese companies should be made more effective.

The PM said all facilities should be provided for reviving the projects undertaken with bilateral investment of Pakistani and Chinese companies.

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir, Minister for Board of Investment Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Fatimi, secretaries of interior, finance, foreign affairs, board of investment, petroleum, power, information technology, railways and other senior officials attended the meeting.

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal briefed about the multidimensional relations of Pakistan and China and available investment opportunities.

Later, speaking to journalists, Prime Minister Sharif that the inflation had adversely impacted the masses, making the poor people suffer.

The PM regretted that the people even could not afford one-time meal, medical treatment, besides having no businesses or jobs. He maintained that the country was witnessing skyrocketing inflation. The PM however, pledged to improve the situation in the near future.