UAE gas company to invest $15m in Pakistan, set up industrial plant

• Secretary BOI terms investment a major breakthrough to attract foreign direct investment in Pakistan.
• Investment will be carried out in three stages.
• First phase of investment will include setting up a plant in Faisalabad's M3 industrial area.

Brothers Gas, a UAE-based company, will invest $15 million in Pakistan, as per a report in The News, to set up an industrial gas plant in the M3 Industrial area in Faisalabad, confirmed the Board of Investment (BOI).

"Secretary BOI, Fareena Mazhar, met with Kashif Maqsood, Managing Director of Brothers Gas, one of the leading oil & gas companies in Dubai. Maqsood confirmed their plan to set up a bottling plant at Special Economic Zone in Faisalabad,” BOI announced via its Twitter Handle on Wednesday.

The BOI also disclosed that the company will begin with an initial investment of $15mn. The investment will be carried out in three phases.

Secretary BOI termed the investment as a major breakthrough for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in Pakistan and reducing imports.

The first phase will include setting up a plant in M3 industrial area in Faisalabad which will serve the local market and facilitate export to neighboring markets from Pakistan. It will include industrial gases with more than 1000 products.

They will install an Aerosol Propellant Gas “APG” plant which will be manufacturing APG within Pakistan instead of importing it. The project will also lead to introduction of refrigerant gasses and ADNOC lubes for first time in Pakistan.