ICCI president all praise for new Punjab governor

Punjab Governor Ch Muhammad Sarwar has said that he will play a positive role for creating a business-friendly environment to attract more investment and to give boost to trade and industry in the country.

The governor said this during his meeting with an ICCI delegation which called on him at Lahore.

The delegation also participated in his oath-taking ceremony. Ch Sarwar expressed his pledge to work for the alleviation of poverty, welfare of the masses and provision of health and education as he had done back in the UK as a member of the British Parliament from 1997-2010 taking pride in the fact that he was the first Pakistani Muslim who took oath on the Holy Quran in the 1000 years old history of the British Parliament.

The governor said education emergency in the province was the need of the hour to eradicate poverty and expressed his resolve to send one million children to school in order to overcome poverty. He said he would make use of his international connections to spread education in the country.

Talking on the occasion, ICCI President Zafar Bakhtawari said Ch Sarwar was a self-made successful businessman as well as an experienced professional who worked in a developed democracy and hoped he would act as a bridge to promote public-private partnership to improve the economy. He said Ch Sarwar had good relations in the UK and European countries and hoped his appointment as the governor would not only improve Pakistan’s relations with these countries, it would also greatly help in promoting Pakistan’s  trade and economic relations with European countries.

He lauded the government’s decision of appointing Ch Sarwar as governor and added that many overseas Pakistanis had gained valuable professional knowledge and experience by working in advanced economies and government should bring them back by giving them prestigious slots so that they could contribute for the economic development of Pakistan. He said appointment of Ch Muhammad Sarwar as governor is the first step in that direction.