Australian Companies in Dubai Looking @ Pakistan ; Margaret Adamson -by Tazeen Akhtar

Islamabad; Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan H.E. Margaret Adamson has said that the government of Pakistan is moving forward in positive direction. Australia is always ready to support where ever Pakistan needs and asks for it. Pakistan has huge potential of development in trade, agriculture and other sectors. Australian companies are looking at Pakistan for investments and trade. Many Australian companies have set up offices in Dubai to see the working possibilities with the countries around especially Pakistan.

 The High Commissioner was sharing her views and answering questions of media persons at a ceremony hosted by her for screening of the first Australia vs Pakistan World-Cup match highlights, for media persons on 13 June 2019 at Australian Official Residence.

The match was played one day before than the screening in which Australia beat Pakistan. Therefore the H.C and staff of the high commission was very happy and in high spirit. Here it is worth mentioning that Australia won another consecutive match with Sri Lanka on 15 June when this report was being authored.

H.E Margaret Adamson has completed her tenure in Pakistan. She spent her time here mostly working to enhance bilateral relations and cooperation. She enjoys many feathers in her cap if we see the achievements and developments in mutual ties during her posting to Islamabad. She is leaving for home next week.

The H.C terms Pakistan-100 Report as a big achievement that was accomplished in collaboration with World Bank recently. The report threw light on how Pakistan will be in 2047.

Ms Margaret Adamson, addressing the participants, said that both countries can cooperate in trade, education, dairy, water and sports. Cricket is an important factor in increasing the bilateral relations. Australia is a unique country. At one side it is a continent and at the other side it is an island too. We faced water issue and solved it. Australia shares its experiences in water management with Pakistan as here the water problem also exists.

Certainly the question of Australian team’s visit to Pakistan could not be avoided. The High Commissioner replied that she tried a lot and now the Acting H.C Mr Brek Betley will continue on this task.

She said that Pakistan has tremendous opportunities in trade sector. The most important sector is education. 13 thousand Pakistani students are studying in Australia. We also offer 100 scholarships through HEC for Masters and PHD. Another major sector is technical training. Pakistan needs to invest in youth. It is about 2 Trillion economy. CPEC will make Pakistan better equipped with energy and infrastructure for investments and business. In agriculture sector Australia extended its support in many ways. We trained 5 hundred thousand cotton growers.

H.E Margaret Adamson expressed best wishes for future of Pakistan.