Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the other side of the picture

[Saifullah Sani]

If you go through my post, I didn't indulge in the debate who abused and who did what first. I just simply asked both members to remove everything that is off topic, both did so problem solved.

PS: @Jzaib is a personal friend of mine, so I knew if I'll ask him he'll remove those posts. But this doesn't mean I support his abusing part.

I respect you and every remember here including @Jzaib but his language is very disrespectful
and by the way although i don't agree with Imran Khan's political views but I love and respect him as a sports man and social worker

 

[mhacsan]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the other side of the picture

PESHAWAR: “Gone are the days when law and order would keep the investors away from investment in particular area,” said Raziuddin, CEO of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company.

“Chinese are working in Karak, a southern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rich with oil and gas. Thanks to video-conference facility, Beijing and Karak are in touch and doing business,” said Mr Raziuddin while talking about the rich oil and gas prospects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an event held recently. Security concerns may have been hurdle to the full exploitation of the potential of the area, still 10 companies are working in Southern districts rich with oil and gas, he said.

“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not as dangerous as Siberia or other countries in Africa where companies are working in oil and gas fields,” he said.

While he talked of how with just 10 million dollars any one could invest in oil and gas as the KPOGC was going to help with all the formalities, some investors from Gulf already seemed to have started taking interest.

Investment in hydel energy in KP has the potential to yield upto 80 per cent more profit rates compared to other provinces, he said. Quite an interesting and dynamic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was showcased at a recent event organised by some enthusiastic professionals in collaboration with the government and private bodies, all with one aim to woo investors.

Branded as a unique curtain raiser event of an investment campaign “Crossroads-KP” was held recently to show a face of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa often distorted by the bad news about this land rich with history, culture and natural resources.

Perhaps, for the first time different business and government bodies joined hands to showcase the investment potential of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in various sectors in front of diplomats of about 17 embassies, private companies and investors from all over the country.

The Insaf Professional Forum, FPCCI, and Saarc Chamber with the support from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and Economic Revitalisation of KP and Fata (ERKF) tried to do away with the wrong impressions about the province and brought forth its potential and investment opportunities in oil and gas, minerals, industry and tourism sectors.

Zahid Shinwari, president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industries, talked of how he has done better in the last 15 years compared to his friends in Punjab just because the environment in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa enabled him to not only continue business here but also in Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Another industrialist, engineer Noman Wazir who heads a government agency helping in technical training of the manpower here, narrated how businesses were doing well in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite ‘image issue’.

The North West Hospital and Research Centre is one example which has become one of the top companies showing success and growth.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has the potential of oil and gas, hydel power, a wealth of metallic and non-metallic minerals and potential for tourism, but all that is marred by ‘misperceptions’ about this region. However, things are not as bad as reported about the province.

“Unlike other provinces, there is no loadshedding of electricity or gas so our factories worked without any hurdles,” said Zahid Shinwari.

Mohsin Aziz, another successful industrialist and head of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment, said that the board was initiating projects and would facilitate the investors in all formalities to realise projects.

The representatives of the KP government assured the investors of their resolve and commitment to facilitate investments.

Provincial minister for education Atif Khan said that the provincial government had allocated Rs950 million for technical education and vocational training activities so that skilled labour could help improve the provincial economy. Asad Qaiser, Speaker KP Assembly, also hoped investors would come to this land of opportunities.

Fuzail Siddiqi, a renowned mineralogist, was of the view that the recent discovery of massive oil reserves in KP promised a change of fortune for a region ravaged by conflict for the last three decades.



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Thank you for letting me know with the updates Jazzbot.

For KPK to attract Investment, following things need to be considered among others.

1) GDP growth of the country with respect to intended specific area of GDP
2) Government stability, and peace of the region
3) Government friendly policies towards investors and incentives
4) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures with securities
5) Operational cost, such as electricity, gas, labour etc


Although, KPK government is trying it's best to attract the investors but flux of investment will not follow KPK a) bad publicity in media, b) peace and stability of the region and low GDP for the time being.

However, what KPK government can do in the meantime

X) Develop investor friendly policies and incentives.
Y) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures for investors with investment security.
Z) Hold investment attracting conferences, meetings (in country and overseas) and presentations helping project opportunities in areas such as mineral, hydel, Oil and Gas, Rural and others possible areas.

while the peace, and stability will grow with the passage of time, resulting in a better GDP as they will take time and will not happen overnight the KPK government should be ready with X) and Y) when the flux of the investment is ready to be injected. Most of the overseas Pakistanis will still invest in KPK even now if there is only Y) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures for investors with investment security.

Recommendations:

Build large KPK Industrialisation zone on government land. Allocate it to the potential investors by balloting for free with the following criteria under the Ehtisab commission being erected by KPK government.

1) Conflict of interest to be applied, as passed by KPK government.
2) Allocate certain area of land to a number of persons/companies for free for a year to build an infrastructure, otherwise pass onto second person/company who could not be allocated in first place.
3) Security and cheap electricity provided using hydel infrastructure.
4) Separate Help desk for investors, independent of bureaucracy and direct report to chief minister and Ehtisaab commision for ease of investment with little documentation required.
5) Interest free loans for locals for SMEs for five years.
6) Develop infrastructure, for research and process for guidance of local into the investment opportunities for exports.
7) Give Research projects to KPK Universities - industrial, process etc problems faced by companies while operating in industrialisation zones.

@Jazzbot, if you have anybody in KPK government, please forward these recommendations to them. I have so many others on different topics such as Clean water, healthy environment with parks and green lanes and sports ground, Steroids and pesticides free vegetable and meat, organic food (which would avoid most people getting sick in first place - pro active approach) , no queue system in public offices, and most important " moral and ethical education of people" among others. but if there is someone who i can direct to or if you can pass onto, that would be great.

 

[Jazzbot]

Thank you for letting me know with the updates Jazzbot.

For KPK to attract Investment, following things need to be considered among others.

1) GDP growth of the country with respect to intended specific area of GDP
2) Government stability, and peace of the region
3) Government friendly policies towards investors and incentives
4) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures with securities
5) Operational cost, such as electricity, gas, labour etc


Although, KPK government is trying it's best to attract the investors but flux of investment will not follow KPK a) bad publicity in media, b) peace and stability of the region and low GDP for the time being.

However, what KPK government can do in the meantime

X) Develop investor friendly policies and incentives.
Y) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures for investors with investment security.
Z) Hold investment attracting conferences, meetings (in country and overseas) and presentations helping project opportunities in areas such as mineral, hydel, Oil and Gas, Rural and others possible areas.

while the peace, and stability will grow with the passage of time, resulting in a better GDP as they will take time and will not happen overnight the KPK government should be ready with X) and Y) when the flux of the investment is ready to be injected. Most of the overseas Pakistanis will still invest in KPK even now if there is only Y) Ease of documentation, procurement, and installation and operational procedures for investors with investment security.

Recommendations:

Build large KPK Industrialisation zone on government land. Allocate it to the potential investors by balloting for free with the following criteria under the Ehtisab commission being erected by KPK government.

1) Conflict of interest to be applied, as passed by KPK government.
2) Allocate certain area of land to a number of persons/companies for free for a year to build an infrastructure, otherwise pass onto second person/company who could not be allocated in first place.
3) Security and cheap electricity provided using hydel infrastructure.
4) Separate Help desk for investors, independent of bureaucracy and direct report to chief minister and Ehtisaab commision for ease of investment with little documentation required.
5) Interest free loans for locals for SMEs for five years.
6) Develop infrastructure, for research and process for guidance of local into the investment opportunities for exports.
7) Give Research projects to KPK Universities - industrial, process etc problems faced by companies while operating in industrialisation zones.

@Jazzbot, if you have anybody in KPK government, please forward these recommendations to them. I have so many others on different topics such as Clean water, healthy environment with parks and green lanes and sports ground, Steroids and pesticides free vegetable and meat, organic food (which would avoid most people getting sick in first place - pro active approach) , no queue system in public offices, and most important " moral and ethical education of people" among others. but if there is someone who i can direct to or if you can pass onto, that would be great.

Thanks for the detailed post, I like the points you've raised. But unfortunately, I'm also just a PTI fan like you with no official affiliation with the party.

However, you should create a new thread about these recommendations and post them there one by one. Rumors are, a lot of politicians and other high up guys visit defence.pk from time to time. Who knows it gets noticed?

 

[mhacsan]

Thanks for the detailed post, I like the points you've raised. But unfortunately, I'm also just a PTI fan like you with no official affiliation with the party.

However, you should create a new thread about these recommendations and post them there one by one. Rumors are, a lot of politicians and other high up guys visit defence.pk from time to time. Who knows it gets noticed?

Thank for the suggestions, but i think thread would be trolled and abused by others. i have to think of something else.

 

[Jazzbot]

Thank for the suggestions, but i think thread would be trolled and abused by others. i have to think of something else.

lol, trolls are trolls. If you will worry about them then nothing will ever come out. Just do it.