Earlier, RCCI President, Malik Shahid Saleem gave a short summary on the chamber's key event and activities. PHOTO: AFP
Addressing the business community during his visit to the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), he said that reforms were being introduced in PTDC and rest houses would be devolved to provinces including G-B and Azad Kashmir.
In partnership with RCCI and business community, tourism would be promoted as an industry, he added. He said through commercialisation of PTDC rest houses, the tourism industry would be promoted and the major aim was to make the government act as a regulator.
A five-star hotel would be established in place of Flashman's Hotel in Rawalpindi, he added.
He assured that in the next eight months, masses would see a wide difference as the economy would take a leap through these reforms.
The country will not progress without revenue collection and we should think for the future of our new generations," he added.
Earlier, RCCI President, Malik Shahid Saleem gave a short summary on the chamber's key event and activities.
The chamber had initiated many projects and currently in collaboration with PHA was working on "Glorious Rawalpindi' aiming to beautify historical buildings, improving green belts and facelift to promote domestic tourism, he said.
Pakistan Diaspora Health Initiative Announced
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza and Special Assistant to PM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfi Bukhari jointly announced Pakistan Health Diaspora Initiative here on Saturday. The landmark initiative will provide a platform to overseas Pakistanis working in the area of health-care to share their expertise, knowledge and invest for the benefit of the people of Pakistan said Dr Zafar Mirza while speaking on the occasion. The initiative is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to facilitate overseas Pakistanis.
Bukhari said this was a joint initiative of his Ministry and Health Ministry and would go a long way in facilitating overseas Pakistanis working in the field of health across the world.
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (MNHSRC) in collaboration with Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (MOPHRD) is ideally suited to spearhead a public-private partnership, with an independent, transparently run secretariat to create such platform.
This platform will be sustainable well beyond the life of a single government or tenure of a single minister. To realize this vision, the platform will be transparent, scalable and run in a lean and efficient manner. Furthermore, ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and frequent adjustments will be an integral part of this initiative.
Given the urgency, to roll-out this initiative, Health and overseas ministries will jointly establish a secretariat in Islamabad to carry out the implementation of the platform and create a user-friendly online portal that is publicly available.
Diaspora health organizations like The Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) and Association of Pakistani Physicians and Surgeons UK (APPS) will be crucial partners in reaching out to and mobilizing the diaspora communities. Furthermore, there is an opportunity to leverage the reach of Pakistani based diplomatic missions.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 4th, 2019.
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