ANKARA – Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday has urged highest level TurkishBusiness delegation to tap untapped resources in Pakistan.
He said it was high time that Pakistan and Turkey took their bilateraltrade to a high level, citing Pakistan’s ideal geo-strategic location andits huge potential for investment in infrastructure and tourism.
Addressing the Turkish businessmen at a business forum organized by theUnion of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) here, the primeminister said that Pakistan was a virgin territory as a lot of trade areashad not yet been exploited and hardly five percent of total mineralreserves could yet be explored.
TOBB is the highest legal entity in Turkey representing the private sectorwith 365 member associations from local chambers of commerce and industry.
The prime minister is in Turkey on two-day official visit, at theinvitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Prior to landing in Turkish capital, he visited Turkish city of Konya wherehe visited the tomb of renowned jurists and Islamic scholar MaulanaJalaluddin Rumi and laid a wreath at the grave.
He is accompanied by a high level delegation including Foreign MinisterMakhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, PlanningMinister Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Advisor on Trade Abdul Razak Dawood andSpecial Assistant to PM Zulfikar Bukhari.
The prime minister said huge reserves of oil, gas, copper, coal were yetunexplored.
