Investment Facilitation Wing of the Board of Investment (BOI) on Wednesday hosted e-kachehry in order to promote trade and investment opportunities existing in different sectors of national economy.
Secretary BOI Ms. Fareena Mazhar chaired the event, which was aiming at to strengthen of public trust and bolstering ties between government’s machinery and investors.
Various investors and members of the business community shared their queries and suggestions and termed e-kachehry a positive initiative of BOI and appreciated the board for timely resolution of complaints and facilitating investors.
In e-kachehry, potential investors came forward with a host of queries ranging from branch and liaison office, tax exemption, company registrations, issuance of business visas. The investors also inquired about possibilities of joint ventures in the IT sector.
A representative of Islamic Chamber of Commerce shared that OIC member countries should be tapped as they are potential investors for Pakistan. The Secretary agreed and asked him to share project specific proposals with BOI whilst assuring him of maximum support in this regard.
A few overseas investors shared that they were looking forward to invest in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), meat processing, livestock, tourism and hospitality sector of Pakistan. Ms. Fareena briefed the investors about incentives offered to investors in SEZs and in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and encouraged them to explore the business opportunities.
She also informed them about the Global Investment Summit that is being organized by BOI end of March and invited them to participate. Ms. Fareena encouraged investors to share their project proposals and observations with the Board of Investment for further coordination on matters of importance.
