Pakistan Offers Great Opportunities for Investment: Mobilink Chief   
'Pakistan Times' Business & Commerce Desk

ISLAMABAD: Conducive opportunities for investment in Pakistan are reflective of government’s unflinching commitment towards making the country an attractive destination for investors.

Commenting on the Hong Kong Investment Conference- 2007, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilink, Zohair A Khaliq said this is a solid and effective platform to portray real picture of investment opportunities in Pakistan.

The CEO of a Mobile, the largest and most popular phone company told 'Pakistan Times' that it is very encouraging that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will address the conference, to be attended by investors, business executives and equity holders.

“This would definitely help strengthen Pakistan’s image as a potential destination and enhance the volume of investment in the country,” he added.

He said such fora are very useful to showcase economic achievements and hoped Prime Minister’s address to the conference at the Asian financial capital would produce positive results.

Appreciating the policies of the government, Zohair Khaliq said more and more investment is coming to Pakistan in IT and Telecom, Oil and Gas, construction and engineering sectors.

Zohair Khaliq, who recently visited Hong Kong and other countries to hold roadshows said major foreign companies there were keen to invest in Pakistan.

Talking about investment in different sectors, he said the major chunk was attracted by the telecommunications which ropped in 54 per cent of the total Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan last year.

The investment not only helped improved GDP, but also provided thousands of job opportunities to unemployed people, he added.

He particularly mentioned Mobilink, which has so far invested around 2.5 billion Dollar to expand its network in more than 5000 cities, town and tehsils in Pakistan.●