Pakistan’s SEZ Investment Shortfall: A Wake-Up Call for CPEC’s Industrial Future

nvestment Minister Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh speaking at the Pakistan-China Industrialisation Dialogue in Islamabad, May 2026, highlighting SEZ investment shortfall under CPEC.

Pakistan has officially missed its ambitious target of attracting over $8 billion in foreign direct investment through Special Economic Zones under CPEC between 2018 and 2024. The country also failed to generate 500,000 jobs within the same period, according to Investment Minister Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh. The admission came at a high-level dialogue in Islamabad and […]

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