KARACHI, July 19: Positive and stable policies of the government and maintenance of law and order in the country, particularly in Karachi, has built the confidence of foreign investors. These views were expressed by a five-member delegation of the Consuls-General of the Arab countries in a meeting with Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi held in his office on Tuesday.

The delegation comprised Dr Ahsan A. Atar of Saudi Arabia, Usama al Qasim al Jamali of Oman, Ahmed Bin Sultan Al Asiri of Qatar, Jameel Abdul Wahab Abdul Salam of Bahrain and Khalid Mubarak Al Rashidi of Kuwait.

They were of the view that under the leadership of President Musharraf, the country’s economy had expanded enormously and overall situation of law and order had improved across the country.

Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said that law and order was completely under control and the government would make all out efforts to improve it further.

He expressed hope that foreign investments would further increase due to better policies of the government. —APP

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