{"id":70586,"date":"2020-09-18T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70586"},"modified":"2020-09-16T17:42:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T12:42:53","slug":"british-govt-agency-incentivises-investment-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/british-govt-agency-incentivises-investment-in-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"British govt agency incentivises investment in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) \u2014 the British government\u2019s credit financing agency \u2014 has increased its financing limit to GBP 1.5 billion for businesses looking to import and invest in Pakistan, according to a news source published on September 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/british-airways-resume-flight-operations-islamabad-next-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, UKEF helps secure large contracts by offering easy financing terms to buyers, and providing working capital loans. As a result, this announcement is expected to enhance the trade partnership and ties between the two countries, and add to Pakistan\u2019s growth potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-change-under-focus-royal-couple-visits-hindu-kush.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Climate change under focus as royal couple visits Hindu Kush<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Minister of Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood on Monday met with the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/promotion-of-tourism-govt-seeks-help-from-british-airways.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/uk-help-pakistan-implement-cgpi-initiative.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British High Commissioner<\/a> to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner. On the occasion, the two state officials discussed the trade relationships and business potential between their countries. Mr Dawood took the opportunity to especially welcome the aforementioned British credit financing agency\u2019s announcement; particularly in the current post-COVID-19 period when the country is looking to expand its trade in order to mitigate the pandemic\u2019s economic implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Dr Turner revealed that UK credit financing for Pakistan had tripled in the past two years, and that it was playing a key role in his government\u2019s aim to double trade flow between the two nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) \u2014 the British government\u2019s credit financing agency \u2014 has increased its financing limit to GBP 1.5 billion for businesses looking to import and invest in Pakistan, according to a news source published on September 15. Read: British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad this month Reportedly, UKEF helps secure large contracts by offering easy financing terms to buyers, and providing working capital loans. As a result, this announcement is expected to enhance the trade partnership and ties between the two countries, and add to Pakistan\u2019s growth potential. Read: Climate change under focus as royal couple visits Hindu Kush Federal Minister of Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood on Monday met with the British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner. On the occasion, the two state officials discussed the trade relationships and business potential between their countries. Mr Dawood took the opportunity to especially welcome the aforementioned British credit financing agency\u2019s announcement; particularly in the current post-COVID-19 period when the country is looking to expand its trade in order to mitigate the pandemic\u2019s economic implications. During the meeting, Dr Turner revealed that UK credit financing for Pakistan had tripled in the past two years, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15153],"tags":[39635,39636],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-trade","9":"tag-british-govt-agency-incentivises-investment-in-pakistan","10":"tag-united-kingdom-export-finance-ukef","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British govt agency incentivises investment in Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) \u2014 has increased its financing limit to GBP 1.5 billion for businesses looking to import and invest in Pakistan\" \/>\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\/british-govt-agency-incentivises-investment-in-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British govt agency incentivises investment in Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) \u2014 has increased its financing limit to GBP 1.5 billion for businesses looking to import and invest in Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/british-govt-agency-incentivises-investment-in-pakistan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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