INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN

LIBERAL INVESTMENT POLICY

1. NO DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN LOCAL AND FOREIGN INVESTORS
2. ALL ECONOMIC SECTORS OPEN TO FDIs
3. FOREIGN EQUITY UPTO 100% ALLOWED
4. BUREAUCRATIC DELAYS MINIMIZED
5. NETWORK OF EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES/INDUSTRIAL ESTATES/
SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
6. REPATRIATION OF 100% CAPITA;. PRPFITS,ASSETS,ROYALTY,ALL
FEES ALLOWED
7. ATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE PACKAGES
 0-5 % CUSTOMS DUTY ON IMPORTS OF MACHINERY
 NO SALES TAX, WITHHOLDING TAX IN IMPORTS OF
MACHINERY
 IMPORT OF RAW MATERIAL FOR EXPORT ORIENTERD
MAUFACTURING ZERO-RATED
 INITIAL DEPRIATION ALLOWANCE AT THE RATE OF 50%
8. FOREIGN INVESTMENT FULLY PROTECTED UNDER REFORMS ACT
1997
9. PROTECTION ALSO UNDER THE ECONOMIC REFORMS ACT 1992
10. BILATERAL AGREEMENTS:
 Investment Promotion & Protection:47 countries
 Avoidance of Double Taxation Treaty:52 countries