ISLAMABAD – PM Briefed Over Technological Exports. Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, on Monday, briefed Prime Minister Imran Khan over various proposals and steps to increase production and export of technological items.
According to a press release by PMO Media Wing, Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, was also present. Along with Minister for Narcotics Control Sheheryar Afridi Chairman Board of Investment Syed Zubair Gilani and other secretaries.
Meanwhile, Fawad Chaudhry said in this regard, the ministry had been formulating three, seven and ten years programmes. In the first phase, the focus would be on herbal, food, and medicines sectors. After their export increases, it would be 3 per cent of overall export of technological items till 2030.
The prime minister appreciated the proposals highlighted by the minister for the increase of technological products at the national level. He assured that the government would fully extend its cooperation. PM Briefed Over Technological Exports.
The minister also briefed the prime minister that the ministry had also retrieved 25 acres of land worth billion of rupees belonging to Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) in Lahore from a relative of a political figure. The political personality had illegally encroached upon the land by using his relations and power, he added.
The prime minister lauded the efforts of minister and other officials concerned for retrieving the precious government property.