March 8, 2019: Pakistan-Qatar Investment Forum would be held on March 10, where business leaders from both sides would discuss the agenda of mutual cooperation in tourism, agriculture, finance, financial technology and energy sectors.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Industry and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood, and Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) Haroon Sharif were heading to the State of Qatar to attend Pakistan-Qatar Investment Forum, said a statement issued by Ministry of Commerce here on Friday.
The event was being organized by BoI in collaboration with Qatar Finance Center and Embassy of Pakistan in Doha.
It is a follow up of Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to Qatar back in January 2019.
The event would be attended by important businessmen and investors from Qatar, interested to make investment in multiple sectors.
During the visit in January 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan along with his delegation, met his counterpart and business delegations of Qatar and also addressed Pakistani community there.
The PM laid the foundation for Qatari investment by addressing the apprehensions of the investors and assuring them that the reform agenda of the current government was specifically focusing on making Pakistan an investment friendly destination, particularly through various 'ease of doing business' measures.
On the sidelines of the event, Razak Dawood and Mr.Sharif would met with high-profile executives and members of the Qatari Business Association, Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Fund for Development, Katara Hospitality, Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited and Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Meetings with the Qatari economic ministers and government officials were also on the agenda.
The Pakistani delegation would consist of executives and business leaders from tourism and hospitality, food and agriculture, defense production, finance, financial technology and power and energy sectors.
The discussions would focus on various project proposals, including hotels and resorts, privatization projects, aviation, low-income housing, financial banking/Islamic banking and development of Special Economic Zones.
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