The 2nd Pakistan Investment Conference, organized by Pakistan Board of Investment held on November 4-5, 2015 in Islamabad has achieved its goals and has remained a great success. This can be gauged by the overwhelming response this year from delegates, both foreign and Pakistanis, who participated on all the sessions during the two days moot. This annual feature’s major objective was to highlight huge potential and vast investment opportunities available in the country and to project soft image of Pakistan.
The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the concluding session was presided over by Senator Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue. President of Pakistan hosted dinner in honour of conference delegates in the evening of the 4thNovember, 2015 at Awan-e-Sadr, Islamabad. Mr. Vitaly Vovk, Minister for Industries, Republic of Belarus along with a delegation of more than 42 members participated in the conference. 67 Diplomats including commercial counselors of Foreign Missions in Islamabad have participated.
The conference provided a great opportunity to 650 foreign and Pakistani businessmen and investors of 29 participating countries and local investors to gather information and interact with each other and explore joint venture business and investment opportunities in various sectors. Board of Investment also provided the Provinces to exhibit their potential, incentives and opportunities. Separate stalls were set up by the Provincial Board of Investment to showcase their respective products.
Eight focused sectoral sessions, participated by both public and private sector panelists, deliberated in detail on Energy, Water & Power, Oil & Gas, Agriculture & Livestock, Textile and Garments sectors and SEZs initiative and Investment Policy and explore the opportunities as well as attractive incentives offered by Government of Pakistan for investment in these areas. Moreover, representatives of following major global companies participated in the conference which included General Electric, USA, Royal Dutch Shell, Proctor & Gamble, Dubai, UAE, STFA Group, Turkey, China Gezhouba Group Corporation, China, Sino Hydro Group China, Credit Suisse, Singapore, Edotco, Malaysia, Korea Importers Association, Korea, Bakri Int’l Energy Co., Kuwait, Al-Wasmiya Group Bahrain, Zam Inter, Moscow, Russia, Kuwait Gulf Group, Kuwait, Saudi Export Program, Saudi Arabia besides other multinationals and 400 local businessmen drawn from FPCCI, OICCI, ABC, PBC and various Chambers of Commerce & Industries.
Participation of such a large number of foreign delegates, at their personal expense, is a confidence booster for the country under the prevailing circumstances. After the conference, BOI has been receiving a large number of business proposals and quarries from participants.
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