Investment Opportunities In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment & Trade (KP-BOIT) is committed to its vision to achieve economic prosperity and position. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a preferred destination for investors and providing a proactive one-window operation, to promote investment and trade in the Province.

After successful first ever Investment Road Show (IRS) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on 25th February, 2015 in Dubai, Now efforts are on the way to hold next IRS in United Kingdom with the aim to attract the Pakistani Diaspora and international business community to invest in the Province.

KP-BOIT in collaboration with concerned Provincial Departments is in process of identification of investment projects in various sectors including Energy & Power, Tourism, Mines and Minerals, Agriculture and Livestock, Transport & Housing etc. 

Energy & Power sector is the most important sector and the Province welcomes both local and foreign investors to come forward and invest in this sector. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is blessed with immense Hydro Power Potential (HPP) due to its geography, natural bounty of number of main upstream rivers, including Indus, Panjkora, Kunhar, Chitral and Swat. Most of the Hydel projects of Pakistan including Tarbela Dam (The Largest Earth Filled Dam in the World) and Warsak Dam are located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. All these abundant natural gifts and the landscape of the area not only address the challenges to harness the immense Hydro Power Potential existing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the benefit of mankind and also provide never ending advantage to Run of River for storage of water and construction of low head Hydel and Mini / Micro Hydel projects from which cost effective and clean electricity can be generated for consumption in the Province.

If the Hydro Power potential is optimally exploited, not only the current energy crisis could be averted but surplus power will also be available. Pakistan has hydro potential of about 60,000 MW of which only 6556 MW has been tapped. Alone in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 3849 MW of Hydel capacity is installed, where as the Province has aggregate power potential of nearly 30,000 MW.

Expression of Interests (EOIs) has been invited by Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 6th April, 2015 to develop the following Hydropower potential Solicited sites in Private sector.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade playing its pivotal role as a catalyst for facilitating the investors to promote investment in energy & power sector as well as in other sectors. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is striving to create best possible environment for the Private investors, enabling them to invest and utilise the available Hydel Power resources.

Other proposed investment opportunities include Exploration, Resource Assessment and Development of Metallic Minerals Resource Blocks of District Chitral and Hazara Division of the Province. In Housing sector new schemes of Model Town Peshawar and New City Hangu will be offered for development in the Private sector. These new housing schemes will assist to cope-up with shortage of houses due to mass urbanisation. 

Opportunity to invest in SWAT Motorway will be offered. The Motorway is planned to be 81 KM long from Kernal Sher Khan Interchange on M1 Motorway to Chakdara. It will reduce the travel time to and from Malakand, Dir, Chitral and Swat Districts to Down Districts and Motorways. It will also help in robust promotion of Tourism as well as boost agriculture economy as there will efficient means of farm to market access for local farmers.