Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has left for a two-day visit to Qatar to discuss investment opportunities in Pakistan.
\nAccording to media reports, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar visited the Middle Eastern nation for talks aimed at improving cooperation in energy sector.
\nThe\u00a0finance minister\u00a0will interact with Qatari officials in Doha and will also invite them to invest in the South Asian nation.
\nIt was reported that Dar will offer to sell two Pakistani LNG power plants to the Qatari officials to raise $1.5 billion from their sale.
\nDoha earlier showed interest in taking administrative control of Pakistani airports, however, there is no official word on the matter.
\nIt was reported that the two power plants, which were taken up during Nawaz Sharif’s tenure in tandem with building the first LNG terminal, were put on an active list for privatization to raise an estimated $1.5 billion.
\nLast year, the Sharif-led government approved an order to sidestep all the prerequisites for the process and also abolished regulatory checks including the applicability of relevant laws.
\nThe top government officials including Prime Minister visited friendly nations as the South Asian country is facing a threat of default in wake of the delay of the revival of the International Monetary Fund programme (IMF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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