Pakistan government focusing on real sector economic growth

  • Date: 21-Feb-2021
  • Source: Gulf Today
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Pakistan government focusing on real sector economic growth

A busy farmer in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. File/Agence France-Presse During the first half of 2019, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has offered intensive technical training to 14, 377 farm workers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The International Monetary Fund Executive board approved a three-year, $6 billion loan package for Pakistan on Wednesday to rein in mounting debts and stave off a looming balance of payments crisis, in exchange for tough austerity measures. Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood says Pakistan's exports have increased by seven per cent as production line had gone up despite difficult environment. Talking to Chairman Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company, Mian Kashif Ashfaq in Lahore, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, said on Sunday that the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) agreed to distribute 8 per cent in cash dividends to shareholders, after the bank achieved net profits of Dhs405. 8 million for the year 2020. Dubai has emerged as a hotspot for global and local real estate investors buoyed by the emirate's steady economic growth, world-class infrastructure, tolerant