{"id":29747,"date":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=29747"},"modified":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T13:34:25","slug":"pakistan-is-ripe-for-investment-masood-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/29747","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan is ripe for investment: Masood Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas: Pakistan is ripe for investmen. We are inviting investments from the United States and the Gulf region,\u201d said Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cChina is already making investment through CPEC projects. We have invited Gulf region to participate in extractive industries and they are partnering with many European and North American firms. This is creating a huge opportunity for more investment in Pakistan. Since the infrastructure is there, so step into that market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t hold back. Invest in Pakistan with full confidence,\u201d he added.
\nAmbassador Masood Khan made these remarks at Pak America Business Forum (PABF) Annual Award Banquet 2023 here in Dallas.
\nThe Ambassador thanked Chairman PABF Waqar Khan, President Anwer Azam and other PABF members for providing him with the opportunity to highlight business potential of the country.<\/p>\n

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He also acknowledged Texas State Rep. Mr. Salman Bhojani, Mayor Richardson Mayor Bob Dooley, Mr. Shamsul Aarifeen, Abdul Khabir and others for their presence in the event.<\/p>\n

Addressing leading businessmen and entrepreneurs, Masood Khan said that with the presence of 80 US enterprises, there already existed a vast infrastructure in Pakistan for investment. \u201cWhat you have to do is to scale up and there are ample opportunities available within that in Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To streamline business activities and investment, the Ambassador suggested establishment of a forum, either in Dallas, Houston or any other part of the United State,s to address specific issues related to regulatory regime in Pakistan, ease of doing business in the country, repatriation of profits and other issues that are confronted by the business community and potential investors.
\nThe Ambassador highlighted mining sector, agriculture, education, health, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biotechnology which were opening up to the world and offering huge dividends to investors and business community.<\/p>\n

Highlighting decades long partnership between Pakistan and the United States, the Ambassador observed that Pakistan, a fragile state at its inception, chose the United States over others as its friend. \u201cMore importantly, the United States chose Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Pakistani-American continue to come to the United States, they enrich the landscape of Pakistan and they continue to build bridges between Pakistan and the United States,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n

He said that Pakistan was a country of a great potential. \u201cWe would be amongst the top ten economies and the strongest countries in the world. That is the determination not only of our leadership but most importantly of the people of Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He told the audience to dismiss all negative chatters about the country. Inviting them to personally visit the country and witness its potential, the Ambassador highlighted that there were more than 82 million people comprising middle class of the country. He said the country was making progress in many sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not saying that we are a utopia but we not a dystopia either,\u201d observed the Ambassador.
\nHe assured the audience that the country would emerge successful in overcoming its present challenges as it did in the past.<\/p>\n

Recalling unwavering support of Pakistani-American community, he said that Pakistani American have always stood with Pakistan. They will continue to support Pakistan and its economy with their investment and positive contributions.<\/p>\n

Noting the presence of around one million Pakistanis in the United States, the Ambassador advised Pakistani-American to launch themselves as a community and make bridges between Pakistan and the United States even stronger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas: Pakistan is ripe for investmen. We are inviting investments from the United States and the Gulf region,\u201d said Pakistan\u2019s Ambassador to the United States. \u201cChina is already making investment through CPEC projects. We have invited Gulf region to participate in extractive industries and they are partnering with many European and North American firms. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,32,1378,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-pakistan","category-us","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29752,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29747\/revisions\/29752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}