More Pak-US economic cooperation urged

"US would do all to promote women entrepreneurship in the country," says Sara M Beran.

The US embassy is doing everything it can to highlight Pakistan’s potential to potential American investors and businessmen.

These remarks were made by Sara M Beran, Deputy Counsellor of Economic Affairs at the embassy, during a meeting with Zafar Bakhtawari, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), said a press release issued by the ICCI here on Tuesday.

She said that they would do all to promote women entrepreneurship in the country. The announcement of the US-Pakistan Women’s Council by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would also aim to promote the economic advancement of women in Pakistan, she added.

Beran suggested that the Pakistani government should formulate a concrete energy policy to encourage foreign investors to invest in the energy sector. She also appreciated the current petroleum policy of Pakistan, which has offered good returns to local as well as foreign investors.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 24^th, 2012.