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ISLAMABAD: The government has unveiled its promising investment landscape to top-tier institutional investors, global financial leaders and top banking sector in London, underlying a wide array of high-return investment opportunities across critical sectors.
“Our privatisation programme is not just about diverstment — it is about transformation,” Adviser to Prime Minister on Privatisation, Muhammad Ali assured over 100 global delegates at ‘Pakistan Access Day’ event in London.
“By unlocking public sector value and inviting strategic private capital, we aim to boost service delivery, drive innovation, and strengthen Pakistan’s economic foundations,” the adviser assured the investors.
He reinforced the government’s commitment to a transparent, competitive and investor-friendly process to its strategic privatisation roadmap. The London event served as a pivotal platform to showcase Pakistan’s revitalised economic outlook and expanding investment potential to the international financial community.
Pakistan is ‘not just reforming, it is transforming’, says Aurangzeb
The high-impact forum organised by Jefferies and KTrades Securities was headed by Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Privatisation Muhammad Ali. The event convened to assess the country’s accelerating economic transformation, served as a pivotal platform to showcase Pakistan’s revitalised economic outlook and expanding investment potential to the international financial community.
The Privatisation Commission said on Friday that the conference concluded on an optimistic note, with a surge of interest and engagement from stakeholders.
Meanwhile, the finance minister told leading global investors that Pakistan is not just reforming, it is transforming, and “it is open for business and for investors seeking impact, scale, and certainty — Pakistan offers all three”.
During a strategic meeting held with a group of leading global investors in London, including Oliver Williams, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Amundi, and Maud Le Moine of Lion’s Head Global Partners, he discussed Pakistan’s economic outlook, reform agenda, and future investment prospects.
In the discussion, the minister emphasised that Pakistan is firmly staying the course on reforms, aiming to transition from a consumption-led to a sustainable, export- and productivity-led growth model.
The finance minister outlined the government’s ambitious sectoral diversification strategy, citing the upcoming minerals conference and the landmark copper agreement expected to contribute $2.8 billion annually to exports by 2028.
Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2025
