Invest Pakistan: Investment conference kicks off today

Over 350 delegates will be attending the event, says BoI chairman

ISLAMABAD: A two-day international investment conference will start in Islamabad today (Monday) with the aim of highlighting Pakistan’s investment regime and opportunities for investment in various sectors of the country’s economy.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Board of Investment (BoI) Chairman Dr Miftah Ismail said that various federal ministers would brief the participants about enormous opportunities available in the country.

He said the investment conference which was named ‘Invest Pakistan’ would be attended by over 350 invitees including 241 foreign delegates from all continents of the world.

“So far 30 delegates from Bahrain, 44 from China (including 29 from Hong Kong), one each from Denmark, Netherlands, Singapore, Thailand and France, two each from Finland, Malaysia and Qatar, three from Italy, four each from Australia, UK and Japan, five each from USA and UAE, 8 from Turkey, 9 from New Zealand, 12 from Russia, 13 from Saudi Arabia, 18 from Korea, while 71 from Pakistan have confirmed their participation in the conference,” Ismail said. He added that the participation of such a large number of foreign delegates is a confidence booster for the country under the prevailing circumstances.

“It speaks volumes about international confidence in the stability of our economy and democratic rule of law.”

During the breakout sessions, he said delegates would exchange views on important areas, like power sector, oil and gas, infrastructure, trade and investment and information technology.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 27^th, 2014.