Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan is providing facilities and “ease of doing business” to foreign investors.
The prime minister is in Dushanbe to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
Addressing an event on Thursday where businessmen from Pakistan and Tajikistan were in attendance, the premier said he wanted to speak to a joint gathering of businessmen from both countries.
“I believe we have representatives of 67 Pakistani companies here in Dushanbe. They come from different fields, including textiles, pharmaceuticals, and logistics,” he added.
The prime minister lamented that the cost of electricity was too high in Pakistan.
“We want the KASA 1,000 energy project to be completed soon,” he said.
“There are lots of opportunities related to the clean energy projects in Tajikistan,” he added.
He extended an invitation to Tajikistan’s businessmen to invest in Pakistan, adding that the Pakistani government was creating opportunities and removing hurdles for its own business community as well.
“We will provide every help possible to investors in Pakistan,” said the prime minister.
PM Imran briefly spoke on the Afghanistan issue, saying that peace in the country was vital for the region’s progress.
The prime minister arrived in Tajikistan Thursday on a two-day official visit to attend the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) meeting in Dushanbe.
Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda received him at the airport.
Accompanied by a high-level ministerial delegation, the prime minister will hold bilateral meetings with other leaders on the sidelines of the SCO Summit.
The SCO summit is the first meeting of the heads of states since the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and all eyes will be on the Afghan representative at the meeting. Afghanistan has an observer status and has been striving for full membership of the organisation.
