Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) President Yousaf Hussain on Wednesday called for the government and national stakeholders to devise and implement a unified, future-ready economic execution strategy driven by planning, technocratic leadership, and collaboration.
Addressing a high-level economic forum on “Navigating the Unknown” in Karachi, he said this National Economic Execution Plan should integrate trade, industry, fiscal, energy, and human development policies. He said experts should lead each aspect and align them under a single, national economic framework.
Representing over 200 leading multinational companies operating in Pakistan, Hussain highlighted the country’s youth bulge and geo-economic positioning as strategic assets that must be leveraged through skills development, export diversification, and regional trade integration. He also emphasized the full inclusion of women and digital transformation as critical enablers of economic progress.
“Multinational companies operating in Pakistan are not just investors—they are centers of excellence and engines of innovation,” he said. He urged the government to engage the industry players in private sector early—as partners—in planning and delivery, while improving ease of doing business and building a credible national investment narrative. “This is Pakistan’s decisive decade—we must stop managing crises and start designing the future,” he added.