Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed the need to focus on attracting and retaining top talent, which is vital for attracting and retaining investments in the country.

He was chairing an important meeting on ways and means to create a capable workforce, which is able to deliver government's policy programme effectively, and also is founded on the principles of impartiality and recruitment on merit.

He said new initiatives to attract and retain top talent will be rolled out to secure Pakistan's success.

He said Pakistan must build a world-class talent pool because this is an age where talent makes all the difference to a nation's success.-

Shehbaz Sharif also appointed a committee under the

Chairmanship of Finance Minister to seek and firm up propositions in the policy to enhance and clarify the work pass framework currently in vogue in ministries.

He added that it will better support Pakistan's need for talent with the directions to submit its findings at the earliest.