Overview
- Chairing a January 1 review meeting in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set directives to accelerate economic governance and investment facilitation.
- Pakistani embassies worldwide were told to act as first points of contact for foreign investors and to provide orientation and details on available facilities.
- Federal ministries were instructed to submit rapid, time‑bound recommendations along with sector‑wise development projects carrying clear targets and timelines.
- Investment promotion was linked to export expansion, with projects expected to directly support higher exports and measurable economic growth.
- Senior officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, multiple federal ministers, provincial chief secretaries, and the SIFC coordinator attended, while implementation specifics and investor responses have not yet been reported.