ISLAMABAD: Pakistan offers strong and expanding business opportunities for American entrepreneurs across several key sectors, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh told a visiting delegation from the Yale School of Management, according to Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID).
The remarks were made during a meeting with a 35-member delegation from the Yale School of Management visiting the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, DC. The visit, facilitated by the US-Pakistan Business Alliance, aims to allow students to explore investment opportunities, meet policymakers, and assess Pakistan’s economic potential firsthand.
The initiative reflects “a growing interest in evaluating Pakistan’s business environment and identifying avenues for stronger and long-term economic partnership,” the press release said.
Growing economic engagement
The ambassador told the delegation that Pakistan offers profitable opportunities for US entrepreneurs, particularly in the fast-growing, lucrative IT, energy, and minerals sectors.
He added that both governments were committed to strengthening economic cooperation, noting, “We are fully committed to providing a conducive and investor-friendly environment for US investors and the business community eager to tap into a dynamic market of over 250 million people.”
The ambassador highlighted Pakistan’s strategic role as a regional trade corridor. “Strategically located at the crossroads of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, Pakistan serves as a vital trade corridor, offering US businesses connectivity to energy-rich Central Asian markets and liquidity-laden Gulf states,” he said.
Key sectors and workforce potential
Ambassador Sheikh told the delegation that the positive trajectory of Pakistan-US relations was “strengthening trade and investment ties for the mutual benefit of both nations”.
“Pakistan offered significant opportunities in tourism, agriculture, energy, manufacturing, and information technology sectors, noting the country’s comparative advantages in cost-effectiveness and qualitative terms,” he said.
Describing Pakistan’s young and tech-savvy population as a national strength, Ambassador Sheikh said the country’s “largest and expanding demographic cohort” is a “key national asset” that can meet the growing demands of US businesses and technology entrepreneurs.
Following the meeting, the ambassador posted on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting investment opportunities in a “250 million-plus market," with “top talent in IT".
He also outlined steps by the Pakistani government to attract foreign investment, including reforms led by the Special Investment Facilitation Council to improve the ease of doing business.
“The success of over 80 US companies already operating profitably in Pakistan bears testimony to the country’s vast economic potential,” the Ambassador observed.
The ambassador welcomed the initiative by the US-Pakistan Business Alliance to arrange the Yale delegation’s upcoming visit to Pakistan and “assured full support and facilitation during their trip,” the PID statement said.
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