Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a
meeting on trade and exports related matters at the PM Office earlier today.
The
meeting reviewed the impact of Prime Minister’s Exports package and noted, with
satisfaction, that more than 10% increase has been observed in country’s exports
during the last three months. Various options to increase the impact of Prime
Minister’s Export Package were considered during the meeting.
The
Ministry of Commerce presented various proposals in this regard that had been
prepared in consultation with leading exporters, the Ministry of Finance and
the Federal Board of Revenue.
The
Prime Minister observed that the cost of doing business had increased over
time. This issue needed to be compensated through creative incentives to the
export sector. Continuous refinements must be made to further improve the
export package, the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Commerce. The
Ministry was directed to submit the refined and finalized proposals to the ECC.
The
meeting was attended by Minister for Commerce Mr. Muhammad Pervaiz Malik,
Minister for Finance Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar and other senior government
officials.