{"id":5275,"date":"2017-12-21T08:31:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T08:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitaldips.pk\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2017-12-21T08:33:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T08:33:26","slug":"250-million-worth-mous-signed-build-asia-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/2017\/12\/21\/250-million-worth-mous-signed-build-asia-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"$250 million worth of MoU\u2019s signed at Build Asia Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">The 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Build Asia Exhibition, concluded successfully in Karachi, as it facilitated the signing of agreements worth 250 million US Dollars between numerous local and foreign companies participating in this mega event.\u00a0The 3-day event being held at the Karachi Expo Center from 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0till 20<sup>th<\/sup>December, is the largest exhibition of construction, real-estate and housing industry, held annually by Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, with the support\u00a0of; \u2018Constructors Association of Pakistan\u2019 (CAP) and \u2018All Karachi Marble Industries Association\u2019 (AKMIA), as it\u00a0focuses on the immense potential of this robust sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">On the third day of the event, a large number of visitors and stakeholders of this industry participated enthusiastically. The event also featured a wide array of highly informative conferences, to provide a networking platform for engineers, contractors, builders, consultants, government officials, bankers, policy makers, stakeholders, other practitioners &amp; professionals of this industry. Build Asia has also\u00a0incorporated insightful forums like; \u2018CPEC Construction Conference\u2019, \u2018Property Asia\u2019, \u2018StoneFair Asia\u2019\u00a0&amp; \u2018Furniture Asia\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">Dr. Khurshid Nizam &#8211; President Ecommerce Gateway stated, \u201cOver the past 13 years, this mega-event has successfully hosted over 50,000 visitors this year and provided a platform for a large number of foreign investors from 17 countries, to interact with local entrepreneurs for future business collaborations\u00a0in Pakistan. This event has not only received a remarkable response this year, in fact, the local and foreign exhibitors have also pre-booked 72% of stall spaces for the next year\u2019s Exhibition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">More than 350 local enterprises and 550 foreign companies had setup more than 600 stalls to display their latest technological advancements, featuring their equipments, materials, services and techniques in the related fields. Build Asia\u00a0offered the International and Pakistani business community a strategic launch-pad to access the vibrant Pakistani, Afghan, Chinese, Middle-Eastern markets and Central Asian Republics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">The exhibition took advantage of government\u2019s liberal investment policies to attract maximum foreign investment in Pakistan, where foreign investors can hold up to 100% equity in several economic sectors. As a result of this annual series of exhibitions, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Country has increased substantially. Thus, Pakistan has gained the stature of an attractive destination for investors from developed countries. This event helps in Value-Addition, productivity-enhancement and cost-reduction in the industry. For further information please visit;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildasia.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.buildasia.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1382034169m_4138392239462400682gmail-yiv6694297074msonormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 13th\u00a0Build Asia Exhibition, concluded successfully in Karachi, as it facilitated the signing of agreements worth 250 million US Dollars between numerous local and foreign companies participating in this mega event.\u00a0The 3-day event being&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,181,182],"tags":[1378,1379,458],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5277,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions\/5277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}