How do you see the implementation of WTO and its effect on Pakistans economy?
PII: First of all, only those people will benefit from this who can mass-produce, others most probably wont. Our government had put so many restrictions on import that it was starting to cause a bad impact. Two areas where you can progress are the service industry and manufacturing. I believe our service industry will also not progress since we did not give proper training to our professionals. Of course IT is an exception, but then even there, we lag far behind India and some other countries. We have a lot of scope and potential, which is being underutilized. KPDC: Do you think the level of investments of the public in the stock market is satisfactory? PII: As far as the security market is concerned, superior economies like America have progressed because of this market. People invest in bonds, securities and other kinds of investments whereas in our country there are hardly 300,000 people who invest. People should be encouraged more and more to invest. The Dubai market, which was not
