Pakistan, July 9 -- Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday called upon the Pakistani-American business community to play a leading role in Pakistan's economic transformation by investing in priority sectors and contributing expertise to support the country's long-term development agenda.

Addressing a gathering of around 20 Pakistani-American entrepreneurs, technologists, financiers and investors in Chicago, including several former Fortune 500 executives, the minister said Pakistan had reached a defining stage where improvements in national security, diplomacy and macroeconomic stability must now be translated into sustained economic growth.

He said overseas Pakistanis, particularly t...