In order to attract new investment and to facilitate existing industry, the government on Thursday constituted a council of business leaders, consisting of 22 members, including the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan as the chairperson.
Advisor to the PM on Commerce will be the president of the newly formed body. Its members include Muhammad Ali Tabba, Bashir Ali Muhammad, Shahid Soorty, Musadaq Zulqarnain, Seema Aziz, Azam Farooq, Shahid Abdullah, Khawar Anwar Raja, Baber badat, Naz Khan, Abrar Hasan, Saqib Shirazi, Shahid Hussain, Usman Khalid Waheed, Samina Rizwan, Almas Haider, Afaq Tiwana, Asif peer, Zarak Khan, and Abul Rauf.
According to the notification, the council of business leaders would ensure that Pakistani business leaders have access to a structured forum to provide feedback on the government’s business economic investment and tariff policies.
It would also be the new body’s job to see that policy-makers benefit the diverse set of opinion to assist in the formulation and implementation of government’s agenda with respect to creating jobs, boosting exports, increasing investment, enhancing ease of doing business, and encouraging overseas Pakistanis.
As per the order, secretary commerce will be the council of business leaders’ secretary committee.
