Pakistan open to foreign investment in CPEC SEZs: ICCI chief

Islamabad: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Muhammad Shakeel Munir has said that Pakistan was open to foreign investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects such as the Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

In a meeting with a delegation of International Business and Professional Corporation (IBPC) of UK led by its Founding Chairman Choudhry Rizwan Sulehria here, Munir maintained that CPEC was an opportunity for the whole region and the world.

He stressed that Pakistan needed more foreign investment to promote its economy and stressed that IBPC should also play a role to bring potential investors from the UK to Pakistan to explore joint ventures and investment in CPEC projects and other sectors.

Speaking at the occasion, Muhammad Shakeel Munir, President, ICCI thanked the IBPC delegation for visiting ICCI to interact with local business community.

He mentioned that the UK was an important market for Pakistan and ICCI was ready to work with IBPC to promote Pakistan’s trade and exports in that market.

He appreciated the idea of IBPC for organizing a single country exhibition of Pakistan and assured that ICCI would fully cooperate to make it successful.

On the occasion, IBPC chief Rizwan Sulehria informed that IBPC intended to display Pakistani products of various sectors from Sialkot, Faisalabad, Lahore and other cities in the Pakistani expo and invited the ICCI members top participate in that event to explore opportunities of business promotion.

He underlined that IBPC was striving to uplift the Pakistani business community around the globe including UK, USA, Gulf and European through training, networking and assisting them legally all around.

He remarked that IBPC would also help the Pakistani business community to participate in different seminars, expos, events and meetings with multi-national businesses besides working for their excellence in the global market.

Amir Mushtaq Khan Senior Vice Chairman, Asim Yousaf Secretary General, Manzoor Hussain, Yawar Faheem, Muhammad Iqbal, Sheikh Sohail, Naseem Mir and others were in the delegation, said an official statement.

Jamshaid Akhtar Sheikh Senior Vice President, Muhammad Faheem Khan Vice President ICCI, Hamayun Kabir and others were also present at the occasion.