Pakistan
Deputy PM Dar to represent Pakistan at SCO from Monday
The Foreign Minister would also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting
Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar would represent Pakistan at two-day meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFMs) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), beginning at Astana in Kazakhstan from Monday.
The Foreign Minister would also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers' meeting.
A day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar invited the Chinese entrepreneurs to take advantage of the investment-friendly policies, and set up labour intensive industry in Pakistan.
In his keynote address at the Pakistan-China Business Roundtable Conference in Beijing, Ishaq Dar said that the government has expedited construction of special economic zones and offers attractive incentives for establishment of different industrial units.
He said the government has worked out 13 key areas having great potential for the Chinese and Pakistani entrepreneurs to establish industry on ownership basis or through joint venture with Pakistani business people.
He said that there are competitive and lucrative incentives especially in special economic zones, export processing zones, Gwadar free zone, and special technology zones.