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Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Minister for Privatisation has arrived
Berlin today as head of a Pakistani delegation to participate as keynote
speaker in Pakistan Business Day being organized at Berlin on September 22,
2003 jointly by Deutsch-Pakistanisches Forum and Pakistan Embassy in
collaboration with various German business groups and organizations,
Pakistan-German Business Forum, Karachi and Pakistan's Board of Investment,
says a message received here today.
The President General Pervez Musharraf's address to the German businessmen in
Berlin during his recent official visit to Germany (June 30- July 2) has also
stimulated further interest in the event among German business community. The
German Chancellor had already announced to encourage German companies to
invest in Pakistan in a joint press conference during President Musharraf's
visit.
The aim of the Pakistan Business Day is to offer business opportunities to
German Businessmen and experts, provide opportunities for contact between
Pakistani and German Businessmen and to facilitate business partnership/ joint
ventures between the two sides. The focus of Pakistan Business Day will be
cooperation in the sectors of investment and privatisation policies, energy,
water, environment, information technology and telecommunications. Dr. Alfred
Tacke, Secretary of the German Ministry of Economy and Labour will address the
opening session. A large number of the high profile Business Executives of
various German companies has confirmed their participation in this event.