{"id":61104,"date":"2020-02-07T13:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61104"},"modified":"2020-06-29T17:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:47:44","slug":"foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investors &#8216;cautiously optimistic&#8217;: OICCI survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The biannual \u2018Perception and Investment Survey 2019\u2019 recently conducted by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) shows that foreign investors operating in the country are \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 with regards to Pakistan\u2019s future growth potential, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-fdi-rises-by-238.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Pakistan\u2019s FDI rises by 238% (opens in a new tab)\">Pakistan\u2019s FDI rises by 238%<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foreign investors have also expressed their concerns over the inefficient progress of the drive to document the economy, the country\u2019s high-interest rates, and the devaluation of the rupee. However, about 75% of the survey respondents also hinted their willingness to recommend new Foreign Direct Investment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-direct-investments-surge-78-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FDI (opens in a new tab)\">FDI<\/a>) in Pakistan to their parent firms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OICCI President Shazad Dada stated that the survey results showed the positive interest of business entities and their optimism for the future. He said that 7 out of 10 respondents indicated their plans to invest more or similar capital (as before) in Pakistan over the next 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/us-think-tank-reports-rise-pakistans-economic-freedom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"US think tank reports rise in Pakistan\u2019s economic freedom (opens in a new tab)\">US think tank reports rise in Pakistan\u2019s economic freedom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the problematic\nareas of the economy, the top five points highlighted by the Chief Executive\nOfficers of the OICCI were (in order) \u201crupee devaluation, the gap between policies and their\neffective implementation, increasing tax burden, cost of doing business and\nincrease in borrowing cost\/interest rates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, the survey also indicated\nthat 35% of the companies expressed an interest in growing their manpower that\nis expected to create employment opportunities across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The biannual \u2018Perception and Investment Survey 2019\u2019 recently conducted by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) shows that foreign investors operating in the country are \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 with regards to Pakistan\u2019s future growth potential, according to news sources. Read: Pakistan\u2019s FDI rises by 238% The foreign investors have also expressed their concerns over the inefficient progress of the drive to document the economy, the country\u2019s high-interest rates, and the devaluation of the rupee. However, about 75% of the survey respondents also hinted their willingness to recommend new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan to their parent firms. OICCI President Shazad Dada stated that the survey results showed the positive interest of business entities and their optimism for the future. He said that 7 out of 10 respondents indicated their plans to invest more or similar capital (as before) in Pakistan over the next 5 years. Read: US think tank reports rise in Pakistan\u2019s economic freedom When asked about the problematic areas of the economy, the top five points highlighted by the Chief Executive Officers of the OICCI were (in order) \u201crupee devaluation, the gap between policies and their effective implementation, increasing tax burden, cost of doing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":61105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[18234,4578,18235],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-details-on-foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey","10":"tag-fdi","11":"tag-foreign-direct-investment","12":"cat-15016-id","13":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Foreign investors &#039;cautiously optimistic&#039;: OICCI&#039;s survey - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Perception and Investment Survey 2019 conducted by OICCI shows that foreign investors are \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 about Pakistan\u2019s future growth potential\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foreign investors &#039;cautiously optimistic&#039;: OICCI&#039;s survey - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perception and Investment Survey 2019 conducted by OICCI shows that foreign investors are \u2018cautiously optimistic\u2019 about Pakistan\u2019s future growth potential\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foreign-investors-cautiously-optimistic-oiccis-survey.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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