Draft presentation Forum SEZ-2025 CEO SEZMC.pptx

SEZ International forum

1. September 18, 2025 Nizhny Novgorod MAYAK ACADEMY Pakistan’s Special Economic Zones: Unlocking Bilateral Opportunities with Russia ABDUL AZEEM UQAILI Chief Executive Officer, Sindh Economic Zones Management Company, Government of Sindh, Pakistan

2. KHAIRPUR SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE SHAHEED BENAZIRABAAD INDU S TRIAL ENCL A V E HYDERABAD INDU S TRIAL CI T Y M 10 Industrial Park SUKKUR INDU S TRIAL ENCL A V E Sindh Economic Zones Management Company (SEZMC), has been established with a prime objective to provide orderly, planned, and rapid economic growth by developing Industrial / Clusters / Special Economic Zones. VISION “ Economic and Business Growth through sustainable development & Innov ation”

3. SEZ REGIME IN PAKISTAN 3 2012-13 S E Z Act pas se d S E Z k e p t o u t s i d e c us t o m s ter r i t o ry 2014-15 3 SEZ s ap p r o ve d Br o u g h t in s i d e cu s t o m te r r i t o ry 2016-17 4 SEZ s ad de d 9 mor e SEZ s agr e e d u n d e r CPEC 2018-19 Prov i s i o n of ut i l it i e s b y Fe d Go v t t h r o u g h PS DP for P u b S E Zs 2019-20 9 SE Z s ad d ed 2020-21 Sol e E n t e r p r i s e S E Z (S E S E Z ) R e g u l a t i o n s 5 SEZ s i n c l 2 SE S E Z s 2022-23 6 N e w SEZ s i n c l 4 SE S EZ s ad de d 2023-24 8 ne w S E Z s i n c l 3 SES E Z s ad de d SEZ’s Journey Federal Government passed SEZ Act 2012 (Amended 2016), Rules 2013, Zone Regulations 2020 to facilitate investors for setting up of industries within a specified zone. One time exemption from all custom-duties and taxes on import of capital goods to Zone Developers, Co-developers and Zone Enterprises, Exemption from income tax for ten years for Zone Developers, Co-developers and Zone Enterprises Availability of gas and electricity by federal government and water by provincial government at the door step of zone

4. PAKISTAN GLOBAL GATEWAY Strategic Location : Access to South Asia, Middle East, Africa via CPEC. Cost Advantage : Competitive labor & energy tariffs. Market Size : 240M+ people, growing middle class. Connectivity : Gwadar & Karachi ports, linked with China & Central Asia

5. Joint Working Group : On SEZ best practices. Industrial Collaboration Opportunities: Agro -processing & food exports (including halal meat). Energy & petrochemicals (oil & gas tech, LNG). Heavy machinery & engineering IT & digital economy partnerships. RUSSIAN PAKISTAN COOPERATION PERSPECTIVE Bilateral Trade Potential : Russia exports energy, machinery, fertilizers. Pakistan exports textiles, rice, leather, IT services, seafood. Exchange Programs : SEZ authority-level visits. Investment Avenues : Joint ventures in SEZs. Russian participation in Sindh projects Dhabeji SEZ M 10 Industrial Park 5 Russian Industrial Clusters in Pakistani SEZs : e.g., machinery, fertilizer plants. Technology Transfer & Training : Russian technical institutes with Pakistani universities.

6. SEZs are the bridge for stronger Russia–Pakistan economic ties . “Let’s turn opportunities into long-term partnerships.” 6