Pakistan Investment Seminar 222nd October 2020

BUSINESS DELEGATION TO PAKISTAN
11-15 January 2021

JICA Investment Climate Improvement Advisor III @BOI

Overview• JICA will organize, jointly with BOI, TDAP, Embassy of Pakistan in Japan as well as Japan’s
cooperation partners, a Business Delegation to Pakistan. The objective of this visit is to provide achance for Japanese companies to observe business climate and opportunities in Pakistan andto gather essential information to consider of starting business with Pakistan.
Date of Mission

11-15 January 2021

Number of Members

Max. 20 companies（one person per company)

Requirements /Priority Sectors

Japanese companies considering to newly start business (investment, partnership, trade )withPakistan companies. Priority sectors will be textile, food & agri business, IT, manufacturing/
automotive, construction/housing, tourism, energy, infrastructure

Travel to be arranged
and borne by JICA

・A round-trip air-ticket with economy class (Tokyo – Islamabad, Lahore-Tokyo)
・Hotels in Pakistan
・Transport in Pakistan
All other expenses have to be covered by delegation members by themselves

Contact

For further information, please contact to Ms. Saito by email on pakistan.info＠sakura.aec-inc.jp

Tentative Schedule
DatePlace

Schedule A（BOI）

Schedule B（TDAP)

11th Jan. (Mon)

Islamabad

Arrive in Islamabad, Hotel check-in, Briefing by organizer

12th Jan. (Tue.)

Islamabad

Visit to Ministries, BOI, Business forum for networking with Pakistani companies

13th Jan. (Wed.)

A: Faisalabad
B: Sialkot

AM Travel to Faisalabad by car
PM Visit SEZs

AM Travel to Sialkot by car
PM Visit Sialkot CCI

14th Jan. (Thu.)

A: Lahore
B: Sialkot

AM Visit IT park
PM Visit Pakistani companies

AM Visit Pakistani companies
PM Travel to Lahore by car

15th Jan. (Fri.)

LahoreAM Visit Punjab Board of Investment & Trade and networking with Pakistanicompanies
PM Visit Japanese companies in PunjabIslamabad
Evening Leave Lahore for Tokyo••••

In Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, main activities will be meetings with relevant Ministries
and BOI. A networking session with local companies maybe arranged.
In Faisalabad, a producer of industrial goods, the delegation will observe 2 Special EconomicZones (SEZs) in operational and meet with the Developer and zone enterprise(s).
In Sialkot, which has an export-oriented economy and industrial clusters, the delegation will visit
Sialkot CCI and Pakistani companies.
In Lahore, visit to PBIT and/or local companies will be arranged. The delegation will visit a IT
Park and a Japanese company located nearby.

Sialkot

Faisalabad

LahorePLAN B: Virtual Delegation to Pakistan
Due to the effects of Covid, natural disasters, security or any other inevitable reasons, there is a possibility
for the organizers to determine cancellation of the delegation.

■ In case the dispatch of business delegation is cancelled, a virtual delegation will be organized■ The organizers will inform the cancellation/alternative on 01/12/2020■ Date for the virtual delegation:■ Place:12-13 January 2021

Tokyo (Embassy of Pakistan in Tokyo?) and/or online participation■ Programme (tentative)––––

Online meetings with the Government such as the Ministry of Commerce, BOI and TDAP.
Online meetings with Japan’s relevant institutions in Pakistan – e.g. Embassy of Japan, JICA
Pakistan office, JETRO Karachi, Japanese companies in Pakistan
Virtual tour of selected places and companies planned to visit under the Business
Delegation to Pakistan. JICA Advisors to BOI and TDAP will provide commentary/explanation
If possible, the organizers will invite representatives from BOI and TDAP