Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that government is extending maximum facilitation and provision of all possible support to the business community.

Chairing a meeting of the Council of Business Leaders in Islamabad, he said in order to strengthen local industry and reduce cost of production, gas prices have been reduced for five export oriented industries so as to make our products internationally competitive.

Imran Khan said that Government is considering reduction in various duties to further reduce business cost. He said the Government is also working on developing a national tariff policy to address issues of the business community and to remove anomalies in the existing tariff structure.

Prime Minister said that Government has set target of bringing the country into list of first one hundred countries by extending maximum facilitation and simplification of the procedures.

Prime Minister said that a special Complaint and Suggestion Cell is being established at Board of Investment to facilitate redressal of the complaints of the business community.

The business delegation presented various proposals during the meeting for strengthening of economy and promoting critical sectors such as manufacturing, SMEs, agriculture and IT sector.