The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has registered 2,361 new companies during the month of October, showing an increase of 17 percent as compared to the registration of last month.
The total number of registered companies was recorded at 180,996, whereas foreign investment has been reported in 77 new companies, said a press release issued by SECP here Friday.
These companies have foreign investors from Afghanistan, Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Korea South, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Yemen, Tunisia, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the US.—APP
