- British envoy says to support govt in sustainable economic growth
British High Commissioner Thomas Drew felicitated Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on successful presentation of budget 2017-18 and expressed his government’s support for efforts aimed at enhancing inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
During a meeting here on Friday, the high commissioner extended an invitation to the finance minister to attend the Family Planning Summit scheduled to be held next month in London. The Department for International Development of the UK will jointly host the summit with the United Nations Fund for Population Welfare and the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation.
The finance minister thanked the high commissioner for the invitation and said that the family planning was an important policy area for Pakistan, being a country with a large population. He said that the government would like to benefit from the ideas to be presented in the summit. He appreciated the continued support of the British government for different initiatives and projects in Pakistan aimed at economic development.
He said that the government wanted Pak-UK ties to grow and that he would extend all support for efforts aimed at augmenting economic cooperation between the two friendly countries. He said that Pakistan has its eyes set on economic growth and looks to all its development partners to strengthen the measures taken to achieve this objective.
He appreciated the resolve and deep interest evinced by Thomas Drew for promoting Pak-UK economic relations. The Finance and Economic Affairs Division secretaries also attended the meeting.
