May 06, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 29, 1429

DUBAI, May 5: His Highness Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, chairman of the Abu Dhabi Group, hailed Pakistan’s economy for growing steadily at an impressive rate. A wide range of reforms enacted in the country helped it to achieve high levels of economic growth.

“The confidence of the private sector is high and international investments are increasing,” he said.

He was addressing at the first Middle East-Pakistan Agriculture and Dairy Investment Forum held at Madinat Jumeirah on April 29 where investors, institutions and entrepreneurs gathered with high expectations of billions of dollars in new investments in Pakistan’s agriculture and dairy sectors.

He said aagriculture is crucial to Pakistan’s economic prosperity and Investment opportunities in this sector are attractive, says a press release.

Federal Minister for Investment Naveed Qamar said that the government was willing to facilitate investments and remove any bottlenecks that investors might encounter.