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Special Economic Zones Act 2012 was promulgated to encourage, promote and enhance industrial base in the country. The purpose was to facilitate domestic and foreign investors to invest in manufacturing sector of Pakistan offering them special exemptions and incentive leading to reduced cost of doing business with efficient infrastructure. Government is embarking on Special Economic Zones as a tool for attracting investment to revive and diversify the manufacturing and exports.

The Board of Investment held an investment conference at Islamabad during the visit of the Crown Prince of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia H.R.H Muhammad Bin Salman to Pakistan. Around 50 Businessmen from Pakistan and 22 businessmen from Saudi Arabia attended the B2B event.

A 14 member Saudi delegation led by Mr. Hamed Ahmed Alghamdi, Adviser to the Minister for Energy & Mineral Resources visited Pakistan in connection with finalizing MoU between the two Governments to explore investment opportunities in  construction of Oil Refinery - Petrochemicals Plant.

A two-day Envoys Conference on Economic Diplomacy was held in Islamabad to attract foreign investment. The Conference was been arranged by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Board of Investment.

Pakistan's Ambassadors and Heads of Missions from select capitals, representatives of public and private sectors, and government institutions participated in the conference. The conference deliberated on ways and means to enhance Foreign Direct Investment and trade, particularly exports.

Visit of the 24 members U.A.E delegation headed by H.E Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, Minister of State and Director General/CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and H.E Mohammad Sharaf, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Economic and Trade Affairs to Pakistan  visited Islamabad. The delegation was comprised from following sectors Energy, Power, Petroleum, Agriculture, Aviation, Financial sector, Construction. 

Led by Ahmad Hameed Al-Ghamdi, adviser of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, the delegation held meetings with Ministers for Power and Petroleum and also visited Gwadar. During their visit to Gwadar, the Saudi team was given a briefing on CPEC projects linked to Gwadar port and projects being implemented by the Gwadar Development Authority.