Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday directed the Board of Investment to redouble its efforts to attract foreign investment in the fields of engineering, real estate, telecommunication, information technology and agro-business industry.
The Prime Minister while reviewing bilateral investment agreements said Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan was 1.5 billion dollars during last year and directed the BoI to achieve the target of three billion dollars fixed for the current year.
The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar Khan, Minister for Privatisation and Investment Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Minister of State for Privatisation and Investment Umer Ahmad Ghuman, Attorney General of Pakistan Barrister Makhdoom Ali Khan and senior officials.