PC RECEIVES EOIs FROM 37 PARTIES FOR 26 PTDC MOTEL / RESTAURANTS

Islamabad, May 30, 2007

The Privatisation Commission (“PC”) has received Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from 37 investor(s), Consortium of Investors for acquisition of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC)’s 26 Motels / Restaurants through a competitive bidding process. PTDC’s Motels / Restaurants are being privatised to promote tourism, improve the quality of services and foster competition, which were divided into twelve (12) groups.

For all the twelve (12) groups of PTDC Motels/ Restaurants, four parties filed EoIs include (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) KASB Capital, (iii) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi and (iv) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, while the details of all other parties, which filed EoI for each group is stated below:

Group 1 (Barseen, Besham, Chatter Plain)

Eight parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd, (ii) Swat Continental Hotel, (iii) Serena Hotel, (iv) KASB Capital, (v) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (vi) Hashoo Group, (vii) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, and (viii) Petrosin Engineering (Pvt ) Ltd.

Group 2 (Khaplu, Satpara, Astak)

Seven parties filed EoIs namely (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) KASB Capital, (iii) National Group of Industries, (iv) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (v) Hashoo Group, (vi) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, and (vii) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Group 3 (Gupis, Phandar, Rama Lake)

Seven parties filed EoIs namely (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) KASB Capital, (iii) National Group of Industries, (iv) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (v) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, (vi) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd and (vii) Target Communications.

Group IV (Gilgit, Hunza, Sust)

Eleven parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd, (ii) Karakurum International University, (iii) Serena Hotel, (iv) KASB Capital, (v) National Group of Industries, (vi) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (vii) Sardar Builders (Pvt) Ltd, (viii) Hashoo Group (ix) Ittehad Steel Industries, (x) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, and (xi) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Group – V ( Bamburet, Birmoglasht, Chitral)

Eleven parties filed EoIs namely (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) KASB Capital, (iii) AL-Khalil Enterprises, (iv) Sunfort Hotel (v) Aurangzeb Khan, (vi) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (vii) Hashoo Group, (viii) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd, (ix) Contech International, (x) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd and (xi) Peshawar Pipes

Group – VI ( Bunni, Mastuj)

Seven parties filed EoIs namely (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) KASB Capital, (iii) Sunfort Hotel, (iv) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi, (v) Hashoo Group, (vi) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd and (vii) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Group - VII (Chakdara, Panakot)

Eight parties filed EoIs namely (i) Serena Hotel, (ii) Ghulam Faruq, (iii) KASB Capital (iv) Dr. Hidayat Rehman & Ayub Khan (v) Nasir Hussain (vi) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (vii) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd and (viii) Petrosin Engineering Ltd

Group – VIII ( Saidu Sharif, Baffar)

Eleven parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd. (ii) Swat Continental Hotel (iii) Serena Hotel (iv) Khalid Khan (v) Caravan Motors (vi) KASB Capital (vii) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (viii) Sardar Builders (Pvt) Ltd (ix) Hashoo Group (x) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd (xi) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Group – IX (Khuzdar, Taftan)

Seven parties filed EoIs namely (i) Saleem & Co (ii) Serena Hotel (iii) KASB Capital Ltd (iv) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (v) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd (vi) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd.(vii) Bezinjo Construction Company, Balochistan.

Group – X (Ayubia)

Twenty one parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd (ii) BNP (Private) Limited (iii) Sheikh Allaudin (iv) Serena Hotel (v) Carvan Motors (vi) KASB Capital (vii) TASS Associates (viii) Sunfort Hotel (ix) National Group of Industries (x) Abdul Rehman K. Abbasi & Associates (xi) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (xii) Khyber International (xiii) ITHFZ Mills Ltd (xiv) Sardar Builders (Pvt) Ltd (xv) Hashoo Group (xvi) Ittehad Steel Industries (xvii) Mian Ilyas Meraj (xviii) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd. (xix) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd. (xx) Gerry’s Travels & Holidays and (xxi) Nizam Din & Sons (Pvt.) Ltd.

Group – XI (Katas)

Nine parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd. (ii) Serena Hotel (iii) KASB Capital Ltd (iv) Sunfort Hotel (v) Jamil & Co. (vi) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (vii) Sardar Builders (Pvt) Ltd (viii) Dhan Cement Industries (Pvt) Ltd (ix) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd.

Group – XII (Hawks Bay)

Eleven parties filed EoIs namely (i) PACE (Pakistan) Ltd. (ii) BNP (Private) Limited (iii) Serena Hotel (iv) KASB Capital (v) M/s Syed Tasneem Hussain Naqvi (vi) Hashoo Group (viii) Pakistan Private Equity Management Ltd. (viii) Petrosin Engineering Pvt Ltd. (ix) Gerry’s Travels & Holidays (x) Nizam Din & Sons (Pvt.) Ltd and (xi) Saleh & Sons.

The interested investors were asked to submit an Expression of Interest (‘EOI’) (in duplicate) together with a non-refundable processing fee of PKR 30,000/- or US $ 500/- for each group. The other conditions included a warranty to be provided by the successful bidder to continue to operate the privatised assets only as Motels/ Restaurants, the Purchaser of the privatised assets shall not in any form or manner dispose off, alienate, transfer any or all land without the prior consent of PC and the cost of the Golden Hand Shake Scheme (GHS) for permanent workers and Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) for the permanent executives will be shared equally between the purchaser and the PC. Privatisation Commission reserves the right to accept any bid or reject all or any of the bids at any stage without assigning any reason therefor. All matters including terms and conditions relating to privatisation of PTDC Motels / Restaurants shall be communicated to all qualified bidders from time to time prior to the bid date. Information Memorandum, Bid Documents and Time Frame for the Pre-Bid conference and bidding date will be provided to Pre-qualified parties only.