ISLAMABAD: Leaders in Islamabad are instrumental in bringing new thoughts and significant perspectives always. They had invited Dr Miftah Ismail, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue and Sherry Rehman Federal Minister for Climate Change for their 5th edition titled ‘Imagineering The Future.’ 

“Government is considering promoting exports of country at an aggressive level through an incentive of significant tax waiver to companies which could enhance their exports by 10 percent of its productions.” Summit is jointly hosted by Nutshell Group and Martin Dow in strategic partnership with Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Miftah said that government would provide full support to companies having plans for exporting their products to different countries because it is a daunting task that must be taken as a challenge.  Government may not enhance export overnight. Still, it did control imports of non-essential goods, which impacted inflows of foreign exchange to tune of $ 700-800 million in interbank market in last few months, while country also paid its scheduled debt-servicing in first week of August. Senator Sherry Rahman urgent action required to combat climate change.

She said climate change is a matter of national security which have adversely affected food and energy security, supply chain, infrastructure and precious lives of citizens across country. She said that greenwashing has to end and genuine efforts have to be made. She also mentioned that they are trying to move markers for 2050 down to 2030 as climate change is accelerating and our pace needs to match it.

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 19 2022

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