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Summary Deputy counselor of economic affairs at US Embassy and ICCI head discussed Pak-US economic ties.
Deputy Counselor of Economic Affairs US Embassy in Pakistan Sara M. Beran on Tuesday said that the US Embassy in Pakistan is making all-out efforts to highlight Pakistan’s potential so that the US businessmen could invest in sectors of their choice.She said this during a meeting with President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Zafar Bakhtawari.She said that US Embassy would do all it could to promote women entrepreneurship in the country and the announcement of launching of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would also aim to promote the economic advancement of women in Pakistan.Ms.Sara M.Beran suggested the Pakistan Government should formulate a concrete energy policy to encourage foreign investors in the energy sector of Pakistan.Speaking on the occasion President ICCI Zafar Bakhtawari said that United States should reciprocate to the contributions of Pakistan as frontline state in war against terror by helping Pakistan to address the economic challenges through shifting its support from conventional aid to market access, investment, technology transfer, health, education and training, scientific research, power generation and infrastructural development.He appreciated the US embassy’s assistance in partnering with the Young Entrepreneurs Forum of the ICCI to organize Pakistan’s first-ever Young Entrepreneurs Conference in March. He hoped that the two organizations could work together on future activities aimed at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders in Pakistan.
