{"id":12285,"date":"2024-05-21T03:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T03:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12285"},"modified":"2024-05-21T03:55:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T03:55:11","slug":"italian-investors-invited-to-explore-pakistans-potential-in-it-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=12285","title":{"rendered":"Italian investors invited to explore Pakistan&#8217;s potential in IT sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"961\" data-id=\"12286\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070-1024x961.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070-1024x961.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070-768x721.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070-1536x1442.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240520-WA0070.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan meets the Minister for Finance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan H.E Ms. Marilina Armellin called on Minister for Finance &amp; Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb at Finance Division, to discuss the cooperation and longstanding relations between Pakistan and Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finance Minister welcomed the Italian Ambassador and highlighted the significant improvements in Pakistan&#8217;s economic landscape. He discussed the government&#8217;s achievements, in decreasing current account deficit, globalization of currency, the stock market reaching an all-time high and the successful completion of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He further mentioned that the ministry is currently in engagement with the IMF mission for a new program on longer term basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb also outlined the government&#8217;s strategic initiatives aimed at broadening the tax base by targeting previously untaxed and under-taxed segments. Additionally, he reiterated the government&#8217;s commitment to privatize various State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), starting with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) also followed by major airports. He noted that the Government\u2019s policy reflects a shift from aid to investment in Pakistan&#8217;s economic strategy. The Minister also shed light on Pakistan\u2019s potential in IT and agriculture sectors, inviting Italian investors to explore these investment areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Armellin acknowledged the promising economic indicators and appreciated the upward trend in Pakistan&#8217;s economy. She emphasized the potential for enhanced cooperation between Italy and Pakistan, particularly in the textile, machinery, agriculture, and dairy sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finance Minister thanked the Italian government for their continued support and reiterated Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to longstanding cooperation with Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan meets the Minister for Finance Islamabad : Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan H.E Ms. Marilina Armellin called on Minister for Finance &amp; Revenue Senator Muhammad&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,28],"tags":[218,540],"class_list":["post-12285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-diplomacy","tag-embassy-of-italy-pakistan","tag-minister-for-finance-and-revenue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12287,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12285\/revisions\/12287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}