Minister for Planning and Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has stressed the need of exploring the full potential of agriculture and industrial sectors to make the national economy strong and self-reliant.
Addressing a ceremony in Karachi today, he called for focusing on export oriented products to take the exports of the country from thirty billion dollars to one hundred billion dollars in next eight to nine years.
He said that the country needs skilled manpower for the development and by utilizing the abilities of a skilled workforce Pakistan can get due status in the international market.
Ahsan Iqbal emphasized on producing quality products so that Pakistani products could be presented as a brand in the world.