Bavarian_Business_Delegation

BAVARIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION
TO PAKISTAN
OCTOBER 2018
ISLAMABAD: A high-level German businessmen delegation will arrive on a five-day visit to Pakistan today
(Monday).
The visit of the delegation, comprising of 36 executive-level decisionmakers of various German business
houses including IT, manufacturing and service sectors, has been organised by the Bavarian Ministry of
Economic Affairs in collaboration with the Consulate of Pakistan in Munich with active support from the
Pakistan Embassy in Berlin.
The objective of the visit is to explore opportunities of joint ventures and innovative businesses in the emerging
economy of Pakistan. It will be the first official Bavarian delegation visit to Pakistan after 20 years. Bavaria, as
Europe’s strongest economic region, wishes to become an important partner of Pakistan in the future.
HIGH PROFILE GERMAN DELEGATION
DUE ON OCT. 22
During its two-day stay in Karachi, the delegation will attend Pak-German Business Conference being
organised by the German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali
Shah is scheduled to be the chief guest of the occasion. In his keynote address, Murad Ali Shah will highlight
some of the investment and business opportunities available in his province for the foreign businessmen.
The delegation will then visit the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry where it will hold a meeting
with the chamber’s president, followed by a presentation on “Made in Pakistan with German Engineering” by
Consul for Pakistan in Bavaria Dr Pantelis Christian Poetis.
Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy Senior Counselor Ulrich Konstantin
Rieger will brief the participants about the Bavaria State and its pivotal role in the German economy.
The Sindh Board of Investment (SBOI) will also make a presentation which will be followed by a group
discussion and business-to-business meetings during the delegation’s visit to the SBOI Head Office.
The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has organised a round-table business discussion with
the visiting delegation, which is also likely to visit a few industrial units in Karachi.
During its stay in the federal capital, the delegation will call on Prime Minister’s Advisor on Commerce Abdul
Razzaq Dawood. The meeting will be followed by a presentation by the Board of Investment on “Regime and
Special Economic Zones of Pakistan”.
Senior representatives from the ministries of IT and telecommunication, national health services & regulations,
industries & production, national food security & research, energy (power and petroleum divisions), commerce,
Punjab Information Technology Board, Private Power Infrastructure Board and the Federation of Chamber of
Commerce and Industry shall make a presentation on their respective sphere of activities.
B2B meetings with Pakistani businessmen and industrialists have also been organised with the active
cooperation of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A reception in the honour of the delegation
by the German Embassy is also on the cards.
A thirty-member business delegation from Germany -representing important sectors like energy, engineering,
security technology, financial services and construction- will be on a two-day visit to Karachi, from October 22.
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Oct, 2018): A thirty-member business delegation from Germany
-representing important sectors like energy, engineering, security technology, financial services and constructionwill
be on a two-day visit to Karachi, from October 22.
This delegation was the result of joint efforts by Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Energy and Technology; Pakistan Embassy in Berlin with support of Dr. Poetis, who
is Honorary Consul General of Pakistan in Munich; the Embassy of Germany in
Pakistan and the German Consulate in Karachi, President GPCCI, Qazi Sajid Ali told
APP here on Monday.
On the first day, German-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has arranged
a conference on the trade and investment opportunities in Germany and Pakistan.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah is expected to inaugurate this programme.
Then, the delegation would visit Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Trade
Development Authority of Pakistan, Sindh board of Investment, Pakistan Business Council‘s secretariat and the
Governor House.
Qazi said that after a long period of time, a business delegation from Germany was finally coming to Karachi for
business discussion with Pakistani counterparts and would finalize the projects of mutual interest for the bilateral
business growth. Some of the German businessmen are also interested in the joint ventures.
The visit would encourage German investment here and exports of Pakistani goods to Germany.
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