ISLAMABAD: A 15-member, high-powered Omani business delegation on Tuesday arrived in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, where it expressed interest in investment opportunities in the Sindh province, the Pakistani embassy and Sindh chief minister’s office said.
The delegation was jointly led by Eng Redha Jumma Al Salih, the chairman of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Oman Ahsan Wagan.
The Pakistani embassy in Oman tweeted pictures of members of the delegation being handed bouquets of flowers by people at Karachi airport upon their arrival. The delegation was “warmly received” by the brotherly people of Pakistan, it said.
The delegates met Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah at his official residence and discussed investment opportunities in different sectors.
“The Omani delegation told the chief minister that they have an interest to invest in the fisheries sector, agriculture, livestock, construction, water supply and education sector,” the Sindh CM’s office said in a statement.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah meets a delegation of Oman Chambers of Commerce & Industry (OCCI), led by its chairman Redha Juma Mohammad Ali Al-Saleh, at the CM House in Karachi, Pakistan on January 4, 2022. (Photo courtesy: Sindh CM's office)
At this, the chief minister put them in touch with the Sindh investment department for a list of different projects for further coordination, the statement said.
CM Shah said Karachi, being a port city, had vast investment opportunities and his government worked as a partner with the private sector to execute mega projects.
He said they had created the investment department to facilitate and guide investors in Sindh. “We have simplified the investment process so that investors may not face any hardship.”
Pakistan and Oman enjoy close, brotherly relations and cooperate in various sectors, including defense, economy and tourism. Thousands of Pakistani expatriates have played an integral part in Oman’s economic development so far.
The OCCI delegation head urged the chief minister to encourage his people to invest in health care specialties, such as cardiovascular diseases, liver transplantation and Cyberknife non-surgical robotic radiosurgery, in Oman, according to the statement.
To this, the Sindh chief minister said his medical team would coordinate with OCCI in this regard. “We both are next door neighbors and Muslim brothers, and we should come forward to take benefit from each other’s expertise,” he said.
The meeting was attended by Sindh Industries Minister Jam Ikramullah Dharejo, CM’s Special Assistant Syed Qasim Naveed, Suleman Chawla of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), Ambassador Wagan and others.
