Pakistan is a beautiful and large country, with an old history and a much diversified culture. It has very young population and is very rich in natural resources. Pakistan has also an important geostrategic location and can, therefore, perform a very important role in regional and world politics. Being a large Islamic country, Pakistan can give an extremely relevant contribution to interfaith dialogue all around the world.

EVOLVE is widely read among the business community so my message is that the EU is looking forward to work with you to promote trade and investment between the EU and Pakistan and improve human rights and labour standards to the benefit of all of citizens of Pakistan.

After months of hard work, right policy making, and international support, Pakistan’s economy has eventually come out of one of the most difficult phases in its history. Today we are a much stable country from economic standpoint, as well as from security perspective.  Our negative image in the international community is now diluting at a fast pace, and renowned media houses are boasting Pakistan’s strengths and potentials.  The changing dynamics of the global economy has prominently put Pakistan on investors’ radar; this will further help us re-integrate with the global economy.  All our focus now is on reducing structural impediments from our economy, and maximizing the benefits from available opportunities.

There is a need to organize more visits of trade delegations between the two countries. Pakistan is an emerging market that has abundant resources and offers a cheap labor force which would present a good opportunity for Austrian businesses to invest. The establishment of a Trade Attaché representing the Chambers of Commerce of Pakistan in Vienna could facilitate promoting these opportunities. Pakistan is a wonderful country full of opportunities. Its great asset is its people. I have enjoyed their friendliness and generous hospitality. I hope that Pakistan will overcome the difficulties it faces and I will continue to work for the enhancement of relations between Pakistan and Austria in many different areas.

Readers of the EVOLVE magazine are at the senior leadership positions. I just want to convey this massage to our industry that there are certain bottlenecks which need to be overcome. I think we have huge potential but this has been used to a limit of deletions in products. I think we need to go beyond the level of deletions which we have achieved in some of the products that are assembled in Pakistan. If our engineering industry develops, that will also help the defense industry in achieving the indigenization goals. We should strive to contribute to the national cause and should not only focus on making good profits. The profits will certainly be there once the industry expands and flourishes. We should focus on expanding our technology base and this is the key to industrialization. We have very good brains that need to be provided the right opportunities in the country to avoid brain drain.

Honesty and Hard work. Yes, I am very much clear about it. To me success can only be achieved by honesty and hard work. Until you are not honest you cannot be trusted and if you do not work hard you cannot sustain. So, for being trustworthy and sustainability you will have to be honest and hard worker. I myself am a humble reader; neither a philosopher nor a thinker. To me every person is as important as any company, community or country is, but we need to do our job at its best. Allah Almighty has created all of us at the best and wants the same from all of us. This will definitely contribute to our country and humanity at large.

Values are the life blood of nations, societies, communities and even companies. The core value etched with the name of Cannon Foam is that for us customer satisfaction is above anything. We emphasize on money back guarantee keeping in our mind our esteemed customer’s satisfaction. Nobody else (our competitors) in the market is offering that. Our customers are our assets. We have inculcated daily motivation and inspiration at Cannon Foam. Internally our strength lies in our people and their attitude. We encourage them to be truthful and honest in whatever they do. We have a culture of mutual respect. Most of the employees have been working with us since the day one. I consider this my biggest achievement that I managed to glue people with me for decades.