WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Aurangzeb Khan during his ongoing visit to the US had an interactive session with a group of investors here. 

The session was conference organized by US-based investment banking company Jefferies International.

The minister told the US investors that Pakistan offers lots of investment opportunities to the US investors in the fields of energy, environment, mining, tourism etc. 

He said the government also had established a separate department to facilitate foreign investors. The finance minister said that due to prudent policies of the government, the economic indicators in Pakistan had improved along with the confidence level of the international lenders such as the International Monetary Fund.

He also highlighted key reforms in the country aimed at increasing the tax-to-GDP ratio, reducing losses in energy sector, improving governance and management of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), accelerating the privatization process, and containing expenditures through right-sizing the federal government.