Sindh signs six MoUs for infrastructure development at Dubai moot

The Sindh government signed six MoUs with various investors for multiple projects at the Sindh Investment Conference in Dubai on Tuesday, 24NewsHD TV channel reported.

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah and  other PPP leaders attended the event.  The agreements were signed in the presence of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) minister for tolerance and coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.

“We have a long track record of promoting economic activity in the province,” the PPP chairperson said in his address.

Sindh, being ruled by the PPP, leads the way in public private partnership.

 the projects include initiatives for energy, water, sports and electricity generation from waste.

The #PPP-led #SindhGovt signed six memorandum of understanding (MoU) with various investors for multiple initiatives that include energy, water, sports and electricity generation from waste, at the #SindhInvestmentConference in Dubai on Tuesday.https://t.co/hZSaywZzdQ

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Bilawal said, "We are particularly proud of the six MoUs signed before you today, which shows that this conference in the UAE has already been productive".

Sharing details about the MoUs, he said one of the agreements was for setting up a desalination plant in Karachi.

Karachi is facing water shortages and this is just the start in what we are hoping will be a lot more engagement with the private sector to work with us, to invest with us and to partner with the Sindh government to ensure that we can provide water to the people of the province, and the people in our [provincial] capital," Bilawal added.

This, he said, was a "big step" towards the initiative of ensuring the provision of water to Karachiites.

Bilawal further stated that the PPP had promised, and it was in its manifesto, to start water desalination in Sindh and the UAE had expertise in the area.

He said another MoU was signed for a waste-to-energy project, as garbage remained a big issue in Pakistan, especially in Karachi.

"The MoU signed today for the waste-to-energy [project] will go a long way in our quest for a greener Sindh and greener Pakistan and will add to our diverse energy mix," he said.

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The PPP chairperson said an agreement was also signed for funding small start-ups and small-and-medium enterprises.

"We believe in supporting businesses, particularly small-and-medium enterprises, so this is also a positive development."

Bilawal said an agreement had also been signed to ensure one-window operations for the Pakistani community in the UAE, who wished to invest in their home country.

"Going forward, they will not face complication and with this one-window access, they will invest and do business in the province with ease."

He announced that a football academy would be built in Karachi under one of the agreements inked on the day.

Bilawal said the final MoU was signed for e-governance, "furthering the government of Sindh's commitment to paperless governance".

The initiative, he said, would "contribute to transparency and help tackle corruption".

"It is indeed a very positive development that modern technology is being included in the workings of the government."

Referring to all six agreements, Bilawal concluded his speech, saying that he believed "this is just the start of what should be a long-lasting relationship between the business community and the government of Sindh."