Vice Chairman Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) Pir Saad Ahsanuddin has formally invited leading Karachi businessmen on behalf of the Chief Minster Punjab to the upcoming Punjab Investment Conference in January next year.
This invitation was extended to businesspeople from Karachi Stock market, Presidents of Multinational Private Sector Organisations, heads of business forums and leading traders in Karachi, including Syed Salim Raza, Governor State Bank, Arif Habib (Arif Habib Group), Arif Bokhari (UBL) and Shehzad Naqvi (RBS) and other notable during Pir Saad's meetings with them.
Pir Saad apprised the Karachi investors that Punjab has a necessary infrastructure for local as well as foreign investment and business-friendly policies have been introduced to expedite the pace of economic growth under the dynamic leadership of Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif who is also the chairman of PBIT.
Pir Saad further said that PBIT has outreached local and foreign investors to identify areas of facilitation they require from the Punjab government. He further told that PBIT is providing one-window operation to the investors and businessmen to initiate fresh projects in the province.
Pir Saad Ahsanuddin further informed that Karachi-based investors were interested in specific projects in Punjab particularly in the banking, dairy, agriculture and infrastructure development sectors.