Govt focusing on improving ease of doing business in Pakistan: PM

Last updated on: 12 December,2018 08:14 am

PM Imran said that his Government is committed to provide an enabling environment to all investors.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that his Government is committed to provide an enabling environment to all the investors to take advantage of the existing opportunities in various sectors including exploration and production (E&P) sector.

He said that the government is focusing on improving ease of doing business in Pakistan and facilitating business community in every possible manner.

The Prime Minister expressed these views during a meeting with Executive Vice President Central Asia Region of ENI, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, Luca Vignati who called on him at Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday.

Luca Vignati was accompanied by Angelo Ligrone, Managing Director ENI Pakistan Ltd, Kamran Ajmal Mian and Shaheen Chugtai.

Luca Vignati briefed the Prime Minister about ENI’s activities in exploration and production sector in the country since 2000. He also apprised the Prime Minister that ENI Pakistan has invested in a range of projects for the development of local communities in areas where it holds exploration and development/production licenses and was mainly contributing in health, education, environment and socio-economic development.

The Prime Minister while welcoming ENI’s interest in expanding its business stated that there is a huge potential for the E&P companies, especially the leading companies of the world, to take advantage of the growing energy needs of the economy and the presence of huge hydrocarbon reserves in the country which have remain unexplored so far.