Pakistan offers special package for investors

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Investment Waqar Ahmed Khan said on Saturday that the government was preparing a comprehensive and multi-pronged investment strategy for enhancing foreign and domestic investments in the country. The Minister said that Pakistan offers investment friendly environment for the investors with tremendous potentials in various fields of the economy. "Pakistan also offered incentives to the foreign investors specially in oil and gas sectors", he added. The Minister called upon the investors to take optimum benefits of the opportunities and incentives for their own benefit and for socio-economic prosperity of the country. He further said that Chinese investors were very keen to invest in Pakistan in services and telecom sectors adding that investors from Middle East were also interested in joint ventures. "Government intends to develop special industrial zones for Chinese investors in Punjab province," adding that special incentive package would be offered to investors, who intend to do business in special export zones of the country. The Minister said that vast opportunities were available for the exploration of oil and gas in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan provinces, adding that investors from the country as well as abroad have similar opportunities to invest in these sectors.

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