Quetta: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani recently announced that the provincial government plans to hold an international conference in Quetta in an attempt to attract foreign and local investment, a news source reported. He expressed his views on the matter during a meeting with German Consul General Eugen Wollfatth in Karachi.
The consul general expressed his country’s interest to commence with public-private partnership models in collaboration with the provincial government in various sectors. Wollfatth said he had visited Balochistan previously and thought it was all ripe for investment; since the province was a focal point of infrastructural pursuits under the CPEC project.
In response, the minister said that the executive aimed to stimulate economic growth in the province by providing facilities which would create jobs for the people, as well as provide leverage for the creation of additional revenue generation opportunities. He was confident that the Gwadar port and sectors such as fisheries, mines, agriculture, and livestock in the area had great potential to pull in huge investments.
Moreover, he said that tourism was an untapped sector with great scope because of the presence of beautiful beaches and various other attractive places in Balochistan. This sector can attract a lot of investment, he added.
