Kuala
Lumpur—Pakistan will provide special treatment
to Malaysian investors and proactively ensure
their security and help them to over come
regulatory and bureaucratic bottlenecks. This
was stated by Mr. Tariq Puri, Federal Secretary,
Ministry of Investment during a roundtable
investors’ conference held in the office of the
Honorary Investment Counselor for Pakistan, Dato
Salim Bin Fatih Din in Kuala Lumpur.
Karachi —Agricultural credit disbursement by
commercial and specialized banks rose 9.10
percent year-on-year to Rs 62.839 billion in the
first four months (July-Oct.) of the current
2009-10 fiscal year (FY10). In absolute terms,
disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector
increased by over Rs 5.239 billion in
July-October, 2009 when compared with total
disbursement of Rs 57.60 billion in the same
period last year.
Lahore—Consultant to the Chief Minister
Punjab on Economic Affairs and Vice Chairman
Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT), Pir
Saad Ahsanuddin, urged Karachi’s leading
entrepreneurs and business heads to formalise a
Punjab investment plan.
Karachi—Brisk shipping was recorded at the
Port where eight ships scheduled to load/offload
Containers, Cement, Rape Seeds, Chemicals, Palm
oil and Furnace oil were accommodated berths at
Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi
Purpose Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal and
FOTeD Oil Terminal respectlvely on Wednesday.
Karachi—There
are unlimited opportunities for expansion of
housing industry in Pakistan. “But to achieve
this, financial institutions have to play an
active role”, said Hussain Lawai, CEO Arif Habib
Bank in a meeting with members of Association of
Builders And Developers during a visit to ABAD
House Wednesday.
