Pakistan played a key role to link China and US in the past: Alvi

Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan had played a key role to link China and the United States in the past.

The President made these remarks while virtually addressing the 45th Annual Convention of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA), US, from the Aiwan-e-Sadr (President’s House).

“Pakistan played a key role to link USA and China,” he reminded, citing Pakistan’s help to China to reestablish formal ties with the West and making possible the 1972 visit of then US President Richard Nixen to China.

President Alvi stressed that economic and financial strength was vital for taking independent decisions and observed that country could achieve accelerated economic growth by imparting skills to youth and women through short and extensive training courses in various fields especially in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

He maintained that meaningful and active role of Pakistani diaspora was imperative to uplift the business and industrial sectors and to impart skills to youth and women to help Pakistan achieve self-sufficiency which would enable the country to take independent political, financial and economic decisions for the betterment of the people.

President Alvi regretted that Pakistan did not have the capacity in the past to absorb its highly educated, productive and precious human resource which resulted in its migration to developed countries of the world where, by sheer dint of merit, they became high achievers in many high value sectors and contributed in the development and prosperity of their host country.

He emphasized that Pakistani diaspora could contribute to uplift and add value to business, industrial, agriculture and services sectors of Pakistan and in the development of non-productive population, such as the uneducated youth and women by imparting them technical skills and expertise in relevant fields.