Unit set up to facilitate project investments

Published May 17, 2019
The unit will be a coordinating body for collecting and disseminating information amongst all stakeholders. — AFP/File
The unit will be a coordinating body for collecting and disseminating information amongst all stakeholders. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) has established a specialised Project Management Unit (PMU) to facilitate Chinese and foreign investments in Pakistan.

The unit will be a coordinating body for collecting and disseminating the technical and other necessary information amongst all stakeholders and keep intervening in the planning and development of state-of-the-art special economic, export processing and industrial zones across the country.

Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Yao Jing on Wednesday visited the newly established unit and said that the joint projects of China and Pakistan are open to the world as well.

Speaking on the occasion, BoI Chairman Haroon Sharif said that board would ensure all out efforts to actualise goals of industrial cooperation for shared prosperity under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Published in Dawn, May 16th, 2019

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