Pak British Business Council Wants To Construct 25 Hospitals In Pakistan
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published November 15, 2018 | 09:57 PM
The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and Pak British Business Council (PBBC) Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at expansion of trade and economic ties between Pakistan and United Kingdom in different sectors including Health care, Pharmaceutical and Financial Services.
Chairman PBBC Julian Barns and President RCCI Malik Shahid Saleem signed and exchange the documents at a ceremony held here at Chamber house.
Chairman and President RCCI also signed another MOU with sister organization, Pakistan Scotland Business Council (PSBC) on this occasion.
While talking to the traders, Chairman PBBC Julian Barns said the council wants to invest around $250 million in Pakistan in health sector.
We are looking forward for joint ventures in construction of 25 state of the art hospitals in different cities of Pakistan, he added.
We are working with government of Pakistan in identifying areas located near big cities and probably these facilities will be constructed around the big cities with all civic facilities so that people from the rural areas can get these facilities with affordable price, he added.
Barns said both PBBC and PSBC are committed to encouraging and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises as they are a significant contributor to the wider economy.
He appreciated RCCI efforts and its active role for promoting trade ties between Pakistan and UK through exhibitions. He referred to RCCI Birmingham business conference and expo and said that such interaction gave usbig confidence and hence we landed first in your office for business to business meetings and future endeavors.
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