ISLAMABAD : Improving the economy is high priority of the government and it is determined to join hands with private sector and make it a partner in the economic development of the country. This was said by Khurram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Commerce while addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He termed energy shortage and extremism as the two biggest challenges of Pakistan and said that government is committed to overcome these challenges in cooperation with all stakeholders including businessmen and the civil society.
 He said role of entrepreneurs is crucial to improve trade, exports, tax revenue & jobs and government is focused on providing cheap and affordable electricity to business and industry. For this purpose, government has decided to shift all furnace oil based power plants to coal.