Andrew Wallace, Lord Mayor of Bradford, UK, said on Friday that they were interested in investing in Azad & Jammu Kashmir and wanted to build airport at Mirpur, which would be a mega project and to be established by overseas Pakistanis like Sialkot airport, which had been set up by the private sector.
Wallace said this during a meeting chaired by Talat Miyan, executive director general, Board of Investment here. Fazal Hussain, Member of Asian Business Forum also attended the meeting, says a press release.
He said, "There are enormous investment opportunities in power, financial, education, social and construction sector in Pakistan especially Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas and we would like to benefit from these by building strong economic relationship for investment."
Talat Miyan briefed the delegation about the friendly-investment environment in Pakistan. The investment policies of Pakistan were the most liberal in the whole region and there was unlimited potential in power, tourism and construction sectors, he said.
He told them about the investment in Kashmir like construction of tourist hotels, Neelam Jehlum Power Project, airport at Mirpur, and education & health centres.
He assured full support from Pakistan government to UK investors. A detailed presentation on Pakistan's investment climate was given by Azhar Hafeez, Project Co-ordinator/Desk Officer UK. Other senior and young executives of BOI also attended the meeting.-PR
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