Qatar plans to invest in various sectors of Pakistan: Ambassador Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

Staff Writer

Islamabad: Ambassador of Qatar to Pakistan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that Qatar planned to invest in various sectors of Pakistan especially in energy, trade and businesses to further strengthen the bilateral economic ties between both of the countries.

Ambassador AL-Thani said that Qatar would provide jobs to 100,000 more Pakistanis and this number will be added to the current 210,000 Pakistanis already working there.

“For the visa facilitation of this large number, we are opening visa centres in Peshawar and Lahore,” he said at a recent media interaction.

An important development is that the Qatari government has decided to sign agreements with the contractors directly prior to their departure so that they could leave without any difficulty, he added.

On the floods situation, he said all the three relief bodies of Qatar—Qatar Charity, Qatar Red Crescent and Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD)— mobilized their teams as well as resources to provide relief to the people in Balochistan, Southern Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) immediately after the floods that had caught them unawares.

Qatar has already sent three special planes of relief goods and equipment for the devastated communities and “we stand by our Pakistani brothers and sisters in this hour of difficulty.”