The first ever international conference on 'Investment Opportunities in Balochistan' being organised by Ministry of Privatisation and Board of Investment, in collaboration with the Balochistan government, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali at Quetta on May 8.
More than 250 local and foreign delegates and the top business representatives from China, Singapore, Malaysia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Oman, United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Germany will participate in the various working sessions of the conference.
The Federal Minister for Privatisation and Investment, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, will deliver his keynote address in the inaugural session while Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Mohammad Yousuf will present the welcome address.
Juergom Koonig, Managing Director Merck Market (Pvt) Ltd Pakistan, a German company will share the success story of his organisation.
Waseem Haqqie, Chairman, Board of Investment (BoI), will deliver vote of thanks.
The conference aims to drive home the investors to see for themselves that Balochistan is a safe haven for investment and investors altogether. More than ten (10) companies in oil and gas are already working in the province of Balochistan.
The Quetta conference will offer investment opportunities to potential investors both local and foreign in industrial zones of Balochistan, SME Sector - Opportunities and Incentives, Logistics and Mass Transit: seaport, shipping, railways, coastal and land development, fuel and energy, mines and mineral, agro-based products, livestock, fish farming.
The coastline of Balochistan extends over 750 kilometres from Hub near Karachi, to the Gwadar Bay on Pakistan-Iran border. The whole area is rich with a variety of marine lives and has long sunny beaches.
Coastal towns of Pasni, Jiwani and Gwadar are linked by air with Karachi. Gwadar would be the third seaport in Pakistan. It will provide to help the landlocked Central Asian economies, including those of Russia and China.
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