Over the past three weeks, the Board of Investment (BOI), in collaboration with REMIT Pakistan, conducted a series of workshops across provinces to advance the agenda of regulatory reforms. REMIT’s international advisor from Jacob Cordova, led sessions with provincial departments to discuss reform packages being developed for the Prime Minister.

The workshops in Lahore and Karachi focused primarily on provincial departments and their respective reform agendas.

The Minister of Investment led the Karachi workshop with participation not just from the provincial departments but also the OICCI (Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry) and the Pakistan Business Council.

The Islamabad workshop brought together regulators from across provinces to for inter-provincial coordination, which is an essential component of BOI and REMIT’s broader regulatory reform efforts.

Package one of the reforms has already been approved by the Cabinet Committee of regulatory reforms and will be presented to the Prime Minister for approval.