ISLAMABAD: The United Parcel Service (UPS) — American package and document delivery company — on Friday briefed the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Gems and Jewellery about its worldwide operations and expressed keen interest to invest in Pakistan’s gemstone sector.

Representatives of the UPS apprised the meeting about working of the company and different ways and means that could be beneficial in promotion of Pakistan’s gems and jewelry sector.

Presiding over a weekly meeting of the task force, Chairman Engineer Gul Asghar Khan said the gems and jewelry sector would be promoted in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan by taking along all stakeholders.

Chairman Khan appreciated the company’s keenness to invest in the sector under the governments ease-of-doing-business policy.

Published in Dawn, November 7th, 2020

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