Rising Pakistan a good example for world community: Maryam

Lahore : Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage, Maryam Aurangzeb Thursday said that law and order situation in Pakistan has considerably improved.

Talking to PTV at Davos she said foreign investment was coming to Pakistan through CPEC and it was a project of shared prosperity.

She said that a massive effort was underway for building infrastructure in the country adding that Rising Pakistan was a good example for the world community.

The minister said the countries of the region were desirous of benefiting from the CPEC. The world community evinced tremendous interest in the One Belt One Road impact session, she added.

Maryam said that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had an exhaustive discussion on investment opportunities in Pakistan in his meetings with Bill Gates, Asian Infrastructure Development Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation, Siemens and heads of important international organizations.

The minister said that in his meeting with Bill Gates the Prime Minister discussed different aspects of the health sector including Prime Minister’s health programme, universal health coverage, elimination of polio and other related issues in which he (Bill Gates) acknowledged Pakistan’s progress in health related interventions. She said that the objective of these meetings was to revitalize foreign investment in Pakistan.

The Minister said that the revival of the trade activities in Pakistan was due to the vision of the former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. The women fully represented Pakistan at Davos and their participation in the Forum was positively appreciated and the number of women in the delegation was more than the other participating countries, she concluded.