ISLAMABAD: President Saarc Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik on Monday felicitated Mian Shehbaz Sharif for winning a vote of confidence in the National Assembly as leader for the house (Prime Minister).

In his congratulatory message, he said combined opposition had voted him to power for living up to the aspirations of the down trodden people of all strata of the society.

He said business community was proud that Shahbaz Sharif was elected through democratic process.

He said that business community always firmly believed in rule of law, supremacy of the constitution and promotion of democracy, besides strengthening of national integrity, safeguarding sovereignty and defending the security on top priority. He said now entire business community pinned high hopes that ever increasing widening trade deficit would be narrowed down to stabilize the crumbling national economy on sound footings.

He said only way to address this core issue was to offer another excellent package of incentives to boost the exports manifolds and ease of doing business was also a major key factor for sustainable economic growth.

He said all stakeholders must be taken on board to make viable prudent economic policies to accelerate the growth and speed up industrialisation across the country.