January 8, 2003	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 4, 1423

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Task Force on Investment Promotion and Facilitation will hold its second meeting at the office of Board of Investment here on Jan 10 under the chairmanship of Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Adviser to Prime Minister on Investment and Privatization.

The meeting has been scheduled, keeping in view the mandate of the Task Force to finalize its recommendations for promoting and facilitating investment in the country within the current month.

The Task Force, among other functions, will review Investment Policy, Laws and Procedures in the context of regional competitors and suggest improvement.

Another objective underlying the establishment of Task Force is to examine impediments in the investment climate and suggest steps for investment facilitation.

It has also been mandated to assess successful regional models of Investment Promotion Agencies and recommend effective institutional structure and capacity building programme for BoI.