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Sindh eyes ‘economic revolution’ through public-private partnerships

Our Correspondent
Friday, Jan 17, 2025

KARACHI: Public-private partnerships hold key to an economic revolution in Sindh, said Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar, special assistant to the chief minister of Sindh on investment and public-private partnership, during a meeting with officers of the public-private partnership unit held in the investment department on Thursday.

Highlighting the directive from PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Qamar mentioned the importance of strengthening such partnerships to ensure the effective, timely, and high-quality completion of development projects.

He revealed that numerous local investors, including prominent groups like Arif Habib Limited, Jaffer Brothers and GaribSons, have shown keen interest in participating in public-private partnership projects.

Qamar underscored the potential of these collaborations to drive economic development and generate employment opportunities in Sindh’s agricultural sector through value addition. He announced plans to double the province’s rice production from six million tonnes to 12 million tonnes within two years under public-private partnership frameworks, aiming to make the province competitive on a regional level.

To maximise the economic potential of Sindh’s fruit production, he directed the establishment of packaging, pulping, sorting and grading centres for mangoes, guavas and dates. He stressed that these measures could boost exports and earn valuable foreign exchange for the province.The meeting was attended by Secretary Investment Raja Khurram Shahzad, Director General of the Public-Private Partnership Unit Asad Zamin, and other senior officials.