{"id":62393,"date":"2020-03-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62393"},"modified":"2020-03-06T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T13:02:35","slug":"asad-umar-calls-uk-govt-improve-investment-relations-under-cpec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/asad-umar-calls-uk-govt-improve-investment-relations-under-cpec.html","title":{"rendered":"Asad Umar calls on UK govt to improve investment relations under CPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, &amp; Special Initiatives Asad Umar recently called on the British government to improve investment relations and bilateral business ties under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) arrangement, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-announces-increase-funding-for-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UK announces increase in funding for Pakistan (opens in a new tab)\">UK announces increase in funding for Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Planning, the British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner met with Minster Umar recently. During the meeting, the minister highlighted the potential for British investors to explore opportunities in CPEC and other sectors of the country\u2019s economy. He said that direct investment in CPEC would translate into investing in the special economic zones. He mentioned the example of the Allama Iqbal City (AIIC) economic zone in this regard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-uk-launch-tech-initiative.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan, UK launch tech initiative (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan, UK launch tech initiative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, both sides assured of their determination to expand areas of cooperation between the two countries. They discussed increasing economic, educational, and cultural cooperation. Umar told the commissioner that the reform process was bringing positive results. He added that Pakistan\u2019s economy was improving and that the government expected inflation to decline further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-potential-destination-for-long-term-investments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan has become an attractive country for businesses, long-term investments: PM (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan has become an attractive country for businesses, long-term investments: PM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Turner informed the minster that Britain planned\nto explore investment opportunities in various areas of Pakistan\u2019s economy,\nincluding clean energy, health, tourism, education and efforts to combat\nclimate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a similar note, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government also\nrecently invited all relevant stakeholders to explore and benefit from the ample\nopportunities presented by CPEC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, &amp; Special Initiatives Asad Umar recently called on the British government to improve investment relations and bilateral business ties under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) arrangement, a news source reported. Read: UK announces increase in funding for Pakistan According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Planning, the British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner met with Minster Umar recently. During the meeting, the minister highlighted the potential for British investors to explore opportunities in CPEC and other sectors of the country\u2019s economy. He said that direct investment in CPEC would translate into investing in the special economic zones. He mentioned the example of the Allama Iqbal City (AIIC) economic zone in this regard. Read: Pakistan, UK launch tech initiative During the meeting, both sides assured of their determination to expand areas of cooperation between the two countries. They discussed increasing economic, educational, and cultural cooperation. Umar told the commissioner that the reform process was bringing positive results. He added that Pakistan\u2019s economy was improving and that the government expected inflation to decline further. Read: Pakistan has become an attractive country for businesses, long-term investments: PM Commissioner Turner informed the minster that Britain&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[22205],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-asad-umar-calls-on-uk-govt-to-improve-investment-relations-under-cpec","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asad Umar calls on UK govt to improve investment relations under CPEC - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federal Minister for Planning, Development, &amp; 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