‘8 MoUs signed with British institutions’

CM says a UK-Pakistan business and trade conference will be organised in Lahore soon

LAHORE: “British lawmakers are impressed with development in the health, education, energy and infrastructure sectors in the Punjab. They fully endorse reforms rolled out by our government,” Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday.

He was chairing a meeting regarding his recent visit to the United Kingdom. “British ministers have expressed full confidence in the reforms introduced in various sectors,” he said.



The chief minister said eight agreements had been signed to sustain the pace of development. “The people of the Punjab will soon see fruits of this visit.”

“One of these agreements pertains to training 200,000 primary school teachers in English language,” he said.

The chief minister said at the Energy and Infrastructure Conference in London, several overseas Pakistanis had expressed interest in investing in energy and infrastructure in the Punjab.

The chief minister said British investors had shown interest in investment opportunities emerging from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.



“This augurs well for people from all social and economic backgrounds of the province. These investments will strengthen essential sectors.”

Sharif issued instructions to set up a steering committee under the chief secretary. He said sub-committees would also be constituted for every sector.

“The committee will be responsible for follow-up action regarding the agreements signed during the trip to Britain,” he said.

Sharif said a UK-Pakistan business and trade conference will be arranged in Lahore, where the Pakistani business community would have an opportunity to network with British investors.

“This visit has been the most successful trip of my career,” the chief minister said.

Shahbaz said efforts of his entire political and administrative team in this regard should be appreciated.



MPAs Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Rana Mashhood Ahmed and Jehangir Khanzada, MNA Khusro Bakhtiar and Punjab Education Foundation Chairman Qamarul Islam were also present at the meeting.

The Planning and Development Department chairman gave an overview of the agreements signed with the British institutions.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 1^st, 2016.