PARIS, MAR 02 (DNA) – The Ambassador of Pakistan to France Moin ul Haque has said that Pakistan as an emerging and one of the fastest growing economy is attracting foreign investors, businessmen and traders from many countries including France.

The Ambassador was speaking at the Seminar on Pakistan titled, “Understanding Pakistani Geopolitics”, organized by Sciences Po university in the city of Grenoble.

During his presentation, the Ambassador gave a historical context of Pakistan’s creation and the difficulties that Pakistan had to face at the time of partition and the challenges confronted by since last four decades in its region amidst the competing interests of the major powers, the ongoing Pakistan-India tensions, instability in Afghanistan and fight against terrorism.

The Pakistani nation had paid a heavy price for defeating the forces of terrorism and extremism. Over 60,000 peoples have died including thousands of our brave soldiers. The Ambassador had stated that Pakistan was committed to eradicate this menace from our country and our region.

He stated that Pakistani nation was resilient and would face all challenges making Pakistan a peaceful, modern and a progressive state. CPEC project was ushering a new era of economic prosperity in the country through building a vast network of roads, railways, ports and special industrial zones.

The Ambassador added that Pakistan’s future was promising with a strong parliament, effective and efficient civil and military administration, independent judiciary and free media.

Earlier, the Ambassador met with Mr. Patrcik Levy, the President of Grenoble Alpes University and invited him to consider opening a campus of his university in Pakistan. The Ambassador also visited the

GE/Alstom Hydro Electricity facility in Grenoble which has been awarded the contract for Mangla Dam upgrade. He also visited the office of Schneider Electric to discuss future investment collaboration with Pakistan.

During his visit, the Ambassador met a group of Pakistani Scholars and PhD students who are pursuing their higher education in various Universities of Grenoble-Alps and advised them to fully focus on their studies and utilize the acquired knowledge and improved skills to contribute in progress and development of Pakistan after completing their courses.

This was the fifth leg of Ambassador’s outreach initiative to various Paris regions. Earlier, the Ambassador had visited Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse and Normandy region to promote Pakistan as a preferred destination for making investment, doing business and trade.=DNA

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