Featuring two prominent Pakistani-American businessmen, the United States (US) embassy organised a roundtable for local entrepreneurs and business students on Friday.
The forum “Building Bridges through Business” promoted ideas to increase Pakistan’s economic development and move the US-Pakistani relationship from aid to trade. Entrepreneurship, with its focus on boosting job creation, is an effective way to improve economic growth and business connections between Pakistanis and Americans.
US Embassy Mission Director of Communications Thomas Miller noted that his country promoted increased trade to help Pakistan meet its economic and social development needs, a mutual interest of the bi-national relationship.
Prominent Pakistani-American businessmen Awais Khan and Shahid Ahmed Khan shared their insights with local entrepreneurs on the occasion.
Currently, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) supports several projects helping Pakistanis meet their economic needs. One such project helps small and medium-sized business owners in Punjab, Sindh, FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan build their businesses and create jobs in the community.
