PR No.149 PM- SC-CEO Switzerland: January 18, 2017

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday held a series of back to back meetings with the heads of various corporations and urged them to expand their operations in the country.

The Prime Minister had a separate meeting with Group Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Jose Vinal here on the sidelines of the 47th World Economic Forum.

The Prime Minister said Pakistan has made a remarkable recovery and all its economic indicators were positive.

The CEO said Pakistan was an important partner of Standard Chartered Bank and said they were working with Chinese banks on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. He said his bank was also working on the improvement of the Small and Medium Enterprises.

Jose said the profile of Pakistan has gone up significantly under his leadership and added the economic matrix was moving in the right direction.

He mentioned that there was lot of positivity in the country and appreciated that the confidence of investors has gone up and county’s image improved with the successful completion of the IMF program.

He said the SC bank was also happy with the progress made by Pakistan in security and the energy sector.

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