{"id":64386,"date":"2020-04-22T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T05:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=64386"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:27:43","slug":"fdi-surges-92-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fdi-surges-92-in-march.html","title":{"rendered":"FDI surges by 92% in March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The country\u2019s foreign direct investment were seen to rise by 92% in March despite the going coronavirus pandemic; as long-term foreign investors continued making investments in power, oil and gas exploration, as well as the communications sector, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <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 FDI in March stood at USD 278.7 million against USD 145.4 million of the same month in last year. The investment in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (July to March) also rose by 137%. Foreign investment levels during the previous year amounted to USD 905 million against USD 2.14 billion during the current period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-sector-witnesses-surge-under-fdi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Construction sector witnesses surge in FDI (opens in a new tab)\">Construction sector witnesses surge in FDI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China was the largest investor with an investment of USD 202\nmillion, while the power sector received the highest investment. Beijing has\ncontinued to invest in infrastructure and power projects under the\nChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative. Other major investor\ncountries included Malta, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, which invested\nUSD 18 million, USD 10.5 million, and USD 9.5 million, respectively. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The country\u2019s foreign direct investment were seen to rise by 92% in March despite the going coronavirus pandemic; as long-term foreign investors continued making investments in power, oil and gas exploration, as well as the communications sector, a news source reported. Read: Pakistan\u2019s FDI rises by 238% The FDI in March stood at USD 278.7 million against USD 145.4 million of the same month in last year. The investment in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (July to March) also rose by 137%. Foreign investment levels during the previous year amounted to USD 905 million against USD 2.14 billion during the current period. Read: Construction sector witnesses surge in FDI China was the largest investor with an investment of USD 202 million, while the power sector received the highest investment. Beijing has continued to invest in infrastructure and power projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiative. Other major investor countries included Malta, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, which invested USD 18 million, USD 10.5 million, and USD 9.5 million, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":64390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[26841],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-fdi-surges-by-92-in-march","9":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FDI surges by 92% in March - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The country\u2019s foreign direct investment were seen to rise by 92% in March despite the going coronavirus pandemic; as long-term foreign investors\" \/>\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\/fdi-surges-92-in-march.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FDI surges by 92% in March - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The country\u2019s foreign direct investment were seen to rise by 92% in March despite the going coronavirus pandemic; 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