May 3, 2019: Minister of State and Chairman Board of Investment, Haroon Sharif on Friday said that consistency in policies was imperative for attracting foreign investments into the country that can lead the economy towards sustainable growth.

Addressing an investment conference, the minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was keen to promote foreign investments into the country.

He said that investments into the country have improved, however added that for attracting more foreign investment, the Board of Investment (BoI) was reconstituted.

He urged the need for further improving laws for promotion of investments.

He said that efforts were afoot to reduce cost of doing business and improve the ease of doing business ranking for Pakistan.

He expressed the hope that the ranking of ease of doing business for Pakistan would improve considerably by this year.

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