ISLAMABAD
The Federal Board of Investment (BOI) on Sunday organized a Pakistan-Investors Meet-up 2022 for the Central Asian Republics (CARs) and African Countries in Expo Centre Lahore.
More than 100 foreign delegates from CARs and Africa participate in BOI’s Pakistan Investors Meet up 2022 in Lahore Right time for the Central Asia Republics (CARs) and Africa Nations to invest in Pakistan, Federal Secretary for BOI Fareena Mazhar said while addressing to delegates.
She said that BOI invites investors from across the globe in the Pakistan Investment Summit 2022, which is scheduled to be held on March 30th – 31, 2022 in Islamabad during Pakistan Investors Meet up at Expo Lahore Investment Event, said a press release issued by BOI here. Fareena said that Uzbekistan business community expresses interest to invest in Pakistan’s Tourism and Agriculture sector. “Pakistan and Africa share many commonalities,” she said and added that both have their own geostrategic significance which makes it convenient for investors to trade globally.
Similarly, Pakistan and the Central Asia Republics share religious and cultural cohesion. As people-to-people contact is an effective instrument for encouraging joint investment endeavors, the Pakistan Investors Meet-up 2022 will play a pivotal role in establishment and strengthening of ties with the business community from the CARs and African continent, she said. It was expressed in the context of the Pakistan Investors Meet-up 2022 organized by the Board of Investment (BOI) on Saturday, 26th February 2022 in the Expo Centre Lahore.
The Meet-up was attended by foreign business community from Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Cameron, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, other African and CARs, and the investment promotion team of BOI. The Investment Promotion Team of BOI welcomed the foreign delegates and informed that being at the crossroads between Central and South Asia, it is encouraging for Pakistan to successfully establish itself as a suitable investment destination and play a bridging role by providing easy passage to the landlocked Central Asian Republics (CARs).
