Amir Paracha, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Unilever Pakistan Limited. This was announced at the 163rd annual general meeting of the OICCI held at the chamber. Paracha began his career at the Royal Dutch Shell Oil company in July 1996. KARACHI: Amir Paracha, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Unilever Pakistan Limited, … Read more
The OICCI has prepared a Digital Report 2022 titled. The OICCI Managing Committee presented the report to the President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi. The report covers suggestions on e-commerce, fintech, IT exports and web 3.0 technologies. KARACHI: Digitalisation offers innovative employment prospects to 23 per cent of Pakistan’s population that falls in the 20 … Read more
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has strived to promote women at the leadership positions through its flagship Women Empowerment Awards for the fifth successive year, a statement said on Tuesday. Dr Ishrat Hussain, former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, was the chief guest at the ceremony. The OICCI … Read more
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), the collective voice of top foreign investors in Pakistan, has revealed the results of its annual “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report 2022”. The CSR survey results reaffirmed the OICCI members’ commitment in support of the socioeconomic development of the communities in which they operate in … Read more
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) members reaffirmed their commitment to uplift the Pakistani society by investing Rs14.5 billion in different CSR and Sustainable projects during 2020/21, a statement said. About 100 of the leading foreign investors and members of OICCI continued to stand by the government to fight the pandemic … Read more
The proposals aim at promoting ease of doing business and documentation of the economy besides broadening the tax base and enhancing the revenue collection to match the economic potential of the country. Commenting on the proposals, OICCI President Ghias Khan said that the tax policies should be predictable, transparent, and consistent. The policies should be … Read more
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), on Tuesday announced to organise ‘Pakistan Climate Conference 2022’ on March 16, 2022 in Karachi, a statement said. While announcing the date and unveiling the logo of the Conference, OICCI President Ghias Khan mentioned that the Conference would build on the learnings from the COP26, … Read more
KARACHI: The participation of women is important to create an enabling environment necessary to accelerate the economic growth of the country, an official said on Thursday. The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) President Ghias Khan while speaking at the OICCI Women Empowerment Awards 2021, commended the efforts of foreign investors. Khan said: … Read more
KARACHI: A majority of respondents in the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) survey, indicated that it takes 1 to 3 years to resolve a standard intellectual property rights (IPR) dispute. The OICCI has announced the key findings of its latest IPR survey 2021 where 37 per cent of the respondents indicated that … Read more
KARACHI: The repatriation of profit and dividend registered a decline of 55 per cent, owing to improved business climate for foreign investors in Pakistan. The repatriation of profit and dividend stood at $159.2 million in July 2021, compared with $354.5 million in the same month of the last year, according to the statistics released by … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Prosperity Index (PPI) has increased 12.8 per cent on account of improvement in the business activities, a report issued by PRIME revealed on Thursday. The Pakistan Prosperity Index is an agglomeration of trade volume, lending to the private sector, purchasing power and manufacturing output indices. The trade volume witnessed an increase of … Read more
KARACHI: Foreign investors operating in Pakistan have contributed Rs1.4 trillion as tax revenue to the national exchequer during 2020/21, a statement said on Monday. Irfan Siddiqui, president of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), representative of the foreign companies operating in Pakistan, said: “We are proud that in the past 12 months, … Read more
