KARACHI: Administrative barriers

Published August 24, 2005

KARACHI, Aug 23: A day-long workshop on ‘Administrative Barriers to Investment in Pakistan’, being jointly organized by the Board of Investment, Ministry of Privatization and Investment and Foreign Investment Advisory series, will be held here on Thursday.

The workshop will be held in three sessions. Federal Minis-ter for privatization and Investment Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh will inaugurate the first session and give the opening remarks. Khalid Firoz, President of the KCCI and Tariq Ikram, Chairman of Export Promotion Bureau, will give the welcome remarks. Fatima Shah from FIAS will present the key report findings. -—APP

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