Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the prime minister, stated on Thursday that the steps implemented under the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIF) were having a beneficial effect as the interim administration worked tirelessly to boost the country’s economy. Speaking to a group of industrialists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa led by Senator Nauman Wazir and representing the Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP), he stated, “The caretaker government took steps to create a conducive environment for business, facilitate the role of the private sector in the country’s development and increase tax revenue,” at the Prime Minister’s Office. According to a PM Office news release, other attendees included Federal Bureau of Revenue Chairman Jameel Ahmed, Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), and secretaries from the relevant ministries.