UK, Pakistan need to turbocharge trade in IT sector: UK envoy

KARACHI: The newly appointed British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, the United Kingdom’s first woman high commissioner to Pakistan, who arrived at Karachi on Sunday, visited the Royal Navy’s HMS Lancaster here on Tuesday. The HMS Lancaster is in Karachi on a routine bilateral Royal Navy-Pakistan Navy training exercise ‘White Star’, which commences here on Wednesday (today). The exercise also involves PNS Taimur and PNS Yarmook. The visit is part of a range of defence diplomacy activities as part of the UK’s commitment to maintaining its well-established defence relationship with Pakistan. Having spent around a month in Islamabad already, the envoy’s visit to the post city made her realise that Karachi is one of the best places in Pakistan to discuss business. She called the city the country’s “beating heart” and home to some of the country’s most pioneering industries. “I am looking forward to hearing from the UK and Pakistani businesses on how we can support each other’s ambitious trade goals here,” she said.