A high-level delegation of the Swedish #technology companies, led by the Swedish Ambassador to Pakistan, His Excellency Henrik Persson visited the office of the Special Technology Zones Authority – #STZA.
The delegation included, Mr. Rana Ehteshamul Haq, the President and General Manager of Saab, Mr. Aamir Ahsan Khan, President of Ericsson Pakistan, Mr. Najeeb Ahmad, Managing Director and CEO of Hitachi Energy #Pakistan, Mr. Awaish bin Nasim, Managing Director Tetra Pak Pakistan,
Mr. Faraz Zafar, CEO of LCC Pakistan, Mr. Syed Muhammad Faisal, Country Managing Director, ABB Power, and Automation, Mr. Zibber Mohiuddin, Group CEO, Panasian Group, Mr. Naveed Iqbal, Manager Business Development, Dynamic Group,
Mr. Murtaza Khalil Hassan, CEO of MILVIK BIMA Pakistan and Mr. Muhammad Zakaria of United Marine Agencies. The delegation was warmly received by Mr. Amer Hashmi, the Chairman of Special Technology Zones Authority.
The STZA hosted a comprehensive briefing session for the Swedish delegation, to inform them about the mandate, milestones, and objectives of the authority, including an explainer on the ongoing projects under the National Roll-out Plan.
The Swedish delegation which included representatives of the leading Swedish companies operating in Pakistan took a keen interest in the Special Technology Zones (STZs) being developed by STZA during the interactive questions and answers session.
This visit has furthered the understanding between the Swedish technology industry and STZA and is likely to manifest in future cooperation in areas like technology research and development, human capital development and skills development, etc.
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The Special Technology Zones Authority – STZA is pleased to open applications for Zone Developers (ZD) and Zone Enterprises (ZE) across the country. The ZDs and ZEs will be eligible to receive highly attractive fiscal and forex incentives.
These incentives include a 10-year tax holiday on the customs duty, turnover tax, dividend distribution tax, income, and sales tax, import of capital goods, profit and gains for ZDs and ZEs, as well as the property tax in Islamabad.
The ZDs and ZEs will also be eligible to receive several forex incentives under a special forex regime, including, fully repatriable investments, profits and dividends, unlimited legitimate international payments, and ease of maintaining and operating foreign currency accounts,