KARACHI: Pakistan Business & Economic Summit to take place at a local hotel in Karachi on Saturday, October 22, 2016 hours 

Nutshell Forum & Corporate Pakistan Group are hosting this day long summit in association with Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce& Industry (OICCI) and Pakistan Business Council (PBC). Summit is supported by Ministry for Water & Power; Board of Investment; Privatisation Commission of Pakistan and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.

Prominent personalities from numerous national and multinational companies will speak during this conference and apprise the participants about the challenges and opportunities of their respective sectors. Speakers and panellists includes Senator Haroon Akhtar Khan (Minister of State & Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Revenue); Mohammad Zubair(Minister of State & Chairman, Privatisation Commission of Pakistan); Dr. Miftah Ismail (Minister of State & Chairman, Board of Investment); Dr. Musadik Malik (Minister of State & Spokesman to the Prime Minister of Pakistan); Dr. Syed Ismail Shah (Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority); Atif A. Bajwa (Chairman, Pakistan Business Council & President, Bank Alfalah Limited); Arif Habib (Chairman, Arif Habib Corporation); Ehsan A. Malik (CEO, Pakistan Business Council); Shahab Rizvi (President, OICCI); S. M. Shabbar Zaidi (Senior Partner, A. F. Ferguson & Company, a member firm of PwC); Syed Asad Ali Shah (Managing Partner, Deloitte Pakistan); Syed Masoud Ali Naqvi (Chairman, Tax Reforms Commission & Member of Tax Reforms Implementation Committee); Dr. Farrukh Iqbal (Dean & Director, IBA); Kimihide Ando (CEO for Pakistan & Senior Vice President, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan); Hassan Nasir Jami (Additional Secretary for Water & Power); Khalid Mansoor(Vice President, OICCI & CEO, HUBCO); Shamsuddin A. Shaikh (CEO, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company Limited); Mohammad Ali Tabba(CEO, Lucky Cement Limited & Vice Chairman, ICI Pakistan Limited); Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig (Chairman, Baig Group); Zafar I. Sobani(Board Member, Privatisation Commission); Abrar Hasan (Director, PBC & Managing Director, National Foods Limited); Dr. Amjad Waheed(CEO, NBP Fullerton Asset Management Limited); Abdul Aleem (CEO & Secretary General, OICCI); Mosharraf Zaidi (Columnist & Founder, Alif Ailaan); Dr. Huma Baqai (Anchor, Analyst & Associate Professor, IBA & Board Member, FWBL) and Malahat Awan (CEO, British Business Centre).

Expressing his views about this summit, Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, Founding CEO Nutshell Forum& Founder, Corporate Pakistan Group said “Think tanks working in various countries are playing effective role in policy research and analysis that provide systematic analysis to enable them make informed and quality decisions about domestic and international policy related issues. Role of Think tanks in Pakistan is very limited. From this platform of Nutshell Forum and CORPORATE PAKISTAN GROUP, we want to highlight the importance of think tanks in Pakistan. I also want to elaborate that during this day long Pakistan Business & Economic Summit, we will carry out in depth discussion on various issues pertaining to Investment Agenda & Economic Climate; Tax Reforms & Policies; Digital Future and Pakistan’s Energy Needs & Infrastructure Challenges. This summit is designed for CEOs; business leaders; government officials and C-suite level management executives.”

Over 250 delegates including CEOs, ministers, diplomats, energy experts, Investors and members of civil society will participate Pakistan Business & Economic Summit.—PR