VEON and JazzWorld Launch “Invest In Pakistan” Initiative
February 9, 2026
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have launched a formal business platform to drive private-sector investment and cross-border partnerships across key industries.
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The Pakistan Regional Economic Forum and Saudi Bridge have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a structured business-to-business platform aimed at expanding private sector investment between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, with support from Chinese technologies.
The agreement establishes the Saudi-Pakistan Bridge Initiative, which will facilitate market entry, investment flows and cross-border business collaboration across the two countries and wider regional partners.
The MoU was signed in Riyadh in the presence of senior government and institutional representatives and is aligned with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. The framework focuses on execution-driven cooperation with defined commercial outcomes rather than broad engagement.
The platform will operate as a standing mechanism to support transaction-led collaboration between enterprises, investors and funds. It will initially run for three years and cover sectors including energy, mining, sports goods manufacturing, logistics, food and agri-processing, healthcare, technology, industrial manufacturing, construction and strategic services.
Planned activities include sector-specific delegations, soft-landing and market-entry programmes, regulatory engagement, joint investment forums and a one-stop bridge desk for bilateral coordination.
Economist Haroon Sharif said the forum has already helped identify and finalise business-to-business joint ventures worth about $500 million.
