UAE largest investor: consul general

UAE Consul General says value of Pakisan's exports to UAE valued over $2 billion.

KARACHI: The United Arab Emirates is the single largest investor in Pakistan, according to UAE Consul General in Karachi Suhail bin Matar Al-Ketbi.

He said that the country is one of the major economic and trading partners of UAE and currently the value of Pakistan’s annual exports to UAE is over $2 billion.

Speaking on the 39th national day of UAE, he announced the launch of a commercial department at the UAE consulate in Karachi to assist UAE investors in Pakistan.

A large number of Pakistani expatriates, numbering nearly 800,000, are employed in UAE.

Published  in The Express Tribune, December 2^nd, 2010.