Sunday, November 7, 2010

Russian investors soon to visit Karachi, Islamabad

KARACHI: A Russian investment delegation will soon visit Karachi and Islamabad to review and explore investment opportunities in Pakistan.
This was stated here by Chief Executive Officer of Russian National Investment Agency, Mr Oleg Gorbulin, during a meeting with the officials of Sindh Board of Investment (SBI).
According to a statement of SBI issued on Sunday, the meeting was held at the Board’s office on Saturday afternoon and was chaired by Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister on Investment, Zubair Motiwala.
The Russian delegates expressed its interest to explore opportunities of investment, particularly in Sindh, in various sectors including gas mining, agriculture, livestock, engineering, and medicine.
They also sought special block for Russian investors in the Exclusive Economic Zones set up by the government in various parts of the country which provide special incentives to the investors.
Advisor Motiwala said that the provincial government could send a representative of SBI on temporary basis to Russia to give guidelines to the Russian investors about the investment opportunities in Pakistan.
In addition, he said that the office of SBI in Karachi could also play a good role to liaison with the Russians businessmen.
On the occasion, a brief documentary was also shown to the Russian team about prospectus of investment in various sectors of economy.

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