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Some
of the top reasons why Pakistan is a good destination
for your investment, as highlighted by the President
in his speech at Expo 2005:
- Security of investment even during nationalization
of 1970s no foreign or MNC was nationalized.
- Returns of capital upto 50%
- Stability and predictability of economy considering
improved economic indicators.
- Availability of liquidity
- Expanding infrastructure
- Cheap labour
- Areas of investment are agriculture, textile,
telecom and IT, energy sector, service industry,
construction and building.
POPULATION : 152 Million (July 2004), 6th
in World
PER CAPITAL INCOME : US $ 840
GDP : 2004-2005 GDP rate 6-7%
NATIONAL FLOWER : Jasmine
LANGUAGES : Urdu (National Languages) English
(Official)
AIRPORTS : KHI-LHE-ISB-QUETTA-PES-GWADAR
SEA PORTS : 2- International "Karachi
and Bin Qasim"
3- Domestic "Minora Gwadar & Pasni"
NATURAL RESOURCES : Land extensive natural
gas resources, Limited Petroleum
coal iron, Copper Salt Limestone.
CLIMATE : Hot temperature in northwest arctic
in north
AREA : Total 803940 Sq km
Land.... 778720 Sq Km
Water......25200 Sq Km
EXPORTS : Targeted to increase by 8.4 %
to $ 12.1 Billion in 2003-2004
exports during June July (03-04) registered an increase
of 13.8%
IMPORTS : Imports have increased by 19.6%
increasing from $11333 million to $13607 million
(source Govt. of Pakistan Finance division)
FOREIGN INESTMENT : Foreign Direct Investments
for period July04 to May05 have increased by 14%
to aa$1Billion.
MAJOR INVESTMENT : Major Investing countries
USA 25%, UK 15%, Swiss 13%, UAE 7% & Japan 4%
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