Pakistan demands preferential access to US market for goods

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday asked the US-Pakistan Business Council to play its role in urging the US lawmakers to allow preferential market access to Pakistani goods.

Addressing the US-Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) Business Delegation at the Prime Minister’s House during a luncheon meeting, the prime minister expressed confidence that the council would also continue to play an active role in sharing with the larger US business community, positive experiences of doing business with and investing in Pakistan. He said the Pakistani nation was now on a course of realising its true potential as a democratic country with strong institutions and a vibrant economy. He said Pakistan was among the few places in the world that offers the promise of resources, geography and people, all at the same time.