ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed keen interest in cooperation and investment in plasma fractionation facility and digitization of health sector in Pakistan.

The interest was shown by a delegation of Hayat Biotech and Sino-Pharm led by Counsel General of UAE’s Sheikh Ahmed Dalmouk Al Maktoum during a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today.

Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel and relevant senior officials attended the meeting.

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The meeting was informed that this modern plasma fractionation facility will help save millions of lives in Pakistan as currently due to lack of this facility three million liters of blood collected annually in the country cannot be fully utilized.

The Prime Minister directed all relevant institutions to provide every possible assistance to the investing companies regarding the project.

Underlining the decades old cordial ties between the two countries, the Prime Minister said UAE always helped Pakistan in difficult times.

He thanked Sheikh Ahmad Dilmuk Al Maktoum for his keen interest in cooperation with Pakistan in the health sector.

PM Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed the recent announcement by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest US$ 1 billion in various economic and investment sectors in Pakistan.

The prime minister expressed these views as he held a telephonic conversation with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Earlier on Sunday, the prime minister in a tweet had thanked the UAE president for the investment his country was going to make in Pakistan’s various sectors.

PM Sharif highlighted the generous support extended by the UAE to Pakistan over the years, the PM Office said in a statement issued here.

During the telephonic conversation, the two leaders exchanged views on matters of common interest.