PM Imran appoints Zulfikar Bukhari as PTDC chairman

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday appointed Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari as Chairman of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), ARY News reported.

The Federal Cabinet accorded approval for the appointment.

According to the notification issued here, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has been appointed as PTDC chairman.

“Transparency in PTDC, making Pakistan an International brand and strong coordination with provinces will be my top priority,” Zulfikar Bukhari said in a statement issued by his ministry soon after the ratification of the appointment proposal.

He said he was determined to bring positive changes in tourism industry through sustained reforms. The revamping of PTDC was in process to make it more effective and productive organization, he added.

Zulfikar Bukhari, who also holds the portfolio of National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB) chairman, said the government had also appointed a professional managing director for the PTDC to make it corruption free institution.

The government had already initiated the process of restructuring the corporation, he added.

Outlining the government’s tourism policy, the chairman said the board had evolved a two-pronged strategy to bolster tourism industry in the five years tenure of the present government.

The prime focus of the board was on strengthening domestic tourism as a part of its short term policy and would be making it a base to attract foreign tourists, investors and businessmen, he added.

The special assistant to PM said he would introduce Pakistan as a tourism brand to the world.