The Governor Balochistan Malik Abdul Wali Khan Kakar invited the business community of Islamabad to capitalize on the natural resources of the province by utilizing investment opportunities to generate more business activities.
He said that his province was endowed with great natural resources including the Reko Diq and Saindak projects, adding the development of Reko Diq would make Balochistan a hub of direct foreign investment and create a lot of economic benefits to Pakistan.
Similarly, Saindak copper and gold project had the potential to make Balochistan prosperous and strengthen Pakistan’s economy. He said that due to these untapped natural resources, the people of Balochistan were facing great economic problems and emphasized that the business community should exploit them to bring progress and prosperity to the province.
He also called on the authorities to connect Balochistan through road and railways links with Iran and Afghanistan to increase the regional trade. He said that the development of the blue economy in Balochistan could bring great benefits to the country.
Faad Waheed, Senior Vice President ICCI said that Balochistan offers great investment opportunities, and establishing a better law and order situation and improving the security would enable the business community to take benefit of the untapped natural resources of Balochistan.
