Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the government was carrying out the digitisation of the economy especially the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the privatisation of the State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to boost economic revival in the country, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The prime minister, in a meeting with a delegation led by British Educationist and former Head of British Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit Sir Michael Bayldon Barber, said the decades-old ties between Pakistan and the United Kingdom were getting stronger with the passage of time.

He said that Pakistan values its ties with the UK as being a valued partner as UK was assisting Pakistan in multiple sectors.

The prime minister resolved to further strengthen the bilateral relation. He told the delegation that “the government was pursuing a policy of downsizing and abolishing the low-performing entities to reduce its expenditures”.

The prime minister said that “the government was taking measures to boost exports and tax base as the country had immense potential for exports related to information technology and agriculture”.

During the briefing, the delegation members were told that a task management system had been established to examine the performance of the federal ministries.

Michael Barber appreciated the government’s economic revival plan and said that it was moving in the right direction in its endevpurs for economic reforms. The delegation head expressed the hope that under the prime minister’s leadership, Pakistan would soon get rid of economic challenges. Federal ministers Ahad Cheema, Finance Minister Aurangzeb and Rana Tanveer Hussain, Minister of State Shaza Fatima Khawaja, PM’s Coordinator Rana Ehsan Afzal, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Jahanzeb Khan and relevant senior officers attended the meeting.

Reporter: Awais Kiyani