ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed the need for establishing Pakistan as a reliable and effective economic corridor for transit trade in the region to ensure development of the national economy.

During a meeting with Robert Maersk, the chairman of Board of Directors of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the premier welcomed the global shipping company’s $2 billion investment in Pakistan, a PM Office news release said.

The PM directed the authorities concerned to form a technical working group to expedite the process of forming a partnership agreement in the maritime sector with the global shipping company.

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