Pakistan engages 225 global investors at virtual roadshow

Pakistan engaged 225 global investors at a virtual investor roadshow organised by Standard Chartered Bank in collaboration with the Debt Management Office and the Ministry of Finance and Revenue, according to Adviser to the Federal Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad.

In a statement posted on X, Schehzad said the session marked one of the largest investor interactions Pakistan has held in recent years, bringing together a broad group of institutional investors in a single forum.

He said the roadshow was led by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, who presented Pakistan’s investment outlook, recent macroeconomic developments and reform agenda, and shared forward guidance on external market funding, including upcoming requests for proposals.

According to Schehzad, participants included foreign institutional investors, global asset managers, pension funds, insurers, sovereign-linked entities, corporates, high-net-worth individuals and multilateral institutions. Investors joined from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

He said the participating institutions collectively represented more than $35 trillion in assets under management, indicating interest from long-term capital allocators rather than short-term flows.

Schehzad said investor engagement reflected progress on macroeconomic indicators, including lower inflation, fiscal consolidation, improved external balances and stabilisation in foreign exchange markets. He added that reforms in areas such as taxation, energy, state-owned enterprises, regulation and digitisation were under way.

He said the engagement formed part of an ongoing investor outreach effort led by the finance ministry, aimed at maintaining dialogue with global investors as reforms continue and funding plans are developed.