| Date | Project Activities | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 2. August 2019. | PMO made BOI lead agency for PRMI | |
| 20. August 2019. | PRMI Steering Committee (PRMI-SC) notified | |
| 12. September 2019. | 1st Meeting of Steering Committee | Minutes of Meeting |
| 12. February 2020. | 2nd Meeting of Steering Committee | Minutes of Meeting Presentation |
| 19. February 2020. | Proposal sent to MoC for Project Funding (PC-1) | |
| 27. April 2020. | EAD requested to arrange Non-Lending TA | |
| 5. June 2020. | 1st Internal Review Meeting | Minutes of Meeting |
| 25. June 2020. | Consultants hired for Developing Strategy | |
| 29. June 2020. | 3rd Meeting of Steering Committee | Minutes of Meeting Presentation |
| 7. July 2020. | Kick-off meeting of Consultants, BOI & WBG | |
| 10. August 2020. | 2nd Internal Review Meeting | Minutes of Meeting |
| 3. September 2020. | 3rd Internal Review Meeting | Minutes of Meeting |
| 17. September 2020. | Additional representation of private sector in PRMI-SC | |
| 5. October 2020. | 1st Capacity building workshop for focal persons (FG) | |
| 19. October 2020. | 4th Meeting of Steering Committee | |
| 5. November 2020. | 2nd Capacity building workshop for focal persons (Balochistan) | |
| 24. December 2020. | A virtual Capacity Building Workshop on PRMI for MCMC participants Lahore was conducted on 24th December 2020 | |
| 30. December 2020. | A session was arranged at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Outreach Plan under PRMI. Reps of Faisalabad, Lahore, Karachi and Sialkot Chambers participated online. | |
| 11. January 2021. | 1st meeting of Federal Government Working Group on PRMI | Minutes of Meeting |
| 26. January 2021. | Meeting on Revamping License Regime in favour of Business | Minutes of Meeting |
| 24. February 2021. | BOI Team attended a meeting on Mapping and Analysis of Regulatory Regime and Businesses Organised by KP-BOIT | |
| 24. February 2021. | BOI conducted 2nd Meeting of FG Working Group on PRMI | Minutes of Meeting Presentation |
| 3. March 2021. | First Public-Private Dialogue on regulatory reforms held at BOI Islamabad, between Food Sector companies and Ministry of National Food Security & Research, which was jointly facilitated by Pakistan Business Council & PRMI Secretariat | Details |
| 24. March 2021. | Advisor to the PM on Commerce and Investment, Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, chaired the progress review meeting on Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative (PRMI) at BOI | Details
Minutes of Meeting |
| 5. April 2021. | Meeting on PRMI/Regulatory Guillotine to take decision on utilization of Regulatory Guillotine(TM) methodology, as part of the PRMI Strategy, at Finance Division. | Meeting Brief |
| 7. April 2021. | 5th Meeting of the Steering Committee | Working Paper Presentations Meeting Minutes |
| 9. April 2021. | A Meeting on Regulatory Issues faced by KATI was held online on 9 April 2021. KATI Team (led by Mr. Saleem us Zaman President KATI) comprised of representatives from 12 different businesses. | Meeting Agenda Record Note |
| 1. April 2021. | 3rd meeting of Federal Government Working Group on PRMI | Meeting Minutes |
| 20. April 2021. | PRMI Capacity building training session for PRMI Focal Persons for KP Government was carried out. More than 30 Focal Persons attended the Zoom session. | Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 28. April 2021. | An online Interactive PRMI Session was held with AJK PRMI Working Group. The Working Group meeting was jointly chaired by Additional Secretary BOI and Secretary Industries Govt. of AJK. | Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 5. May 2021. | An Interactive virtual session on PRMI for Sindh PRMI Working Group arranged by BOI PRMI team was held. | Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 19. May 2021. | An interactive PRMI Session was held at BOI for the Members of ICT PRMI Working Group | Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 26. May 2021. | An interactive PRMI Session was held at BOI for the Members of Gilgit Baltistan PRMI Working Group | Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 16. June 2021. | 2nd PRMI Capacity building training session for PRMI Focal Persons for KP Government was carried out. | Presentations Gallery |
| 23. June 2021. | BOI had a Public Private Dialogue with Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan regarding registration and licensing regime for PPEs. | Meeting Minutes |
| 24. June 2021. | Meeting on PRMI, between BOI & WBG | Gallery |
| 25. June 2021. | Meeting with Punjab PRMI Working Group | GalleryPresentationMeeting Minutes |
| 30. June 2021. | BOI hosted a PPD between All Pakistan Pvc & Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (APPPMA) & Ministry of Climate Change | Details |
| 5. July 2021. | PRMI Team BOI held a meeting with UNDP and Cyber Vision for One Stop Shop for Food Product Registration and Licensing | |
| 7. July 2021. | Meeting to review progress of PRMI and WB funded DEEP Project was held today at BOI. Secretary BOI and Secretary MoIT&T jointly chaired the Meeting. | Gallery |
| 12. July 2021. | Briefing by KP Food Safety & Halal Authority for Punjab & Sindh Food Departments on their new license issuing regime. | |
| 2. August 2021. | First of the series of Three Workshops on UK regulatory journey and drafting of Pakistan Regulatory Guideline was conducted on 2nd August 2021. Focal Persons from eight regulatory bodies, WBG Consultants and BOI team attended the first workshop. This workshop was sponsored by OPSS/FCDO, UK Government. | Presentation |
| 27. July 2021. | The Federal Cabinet has approved drafting of Regulatory Reforms & Guillotine Law for elimination of unnecessary business regulations. | |
| 29. July 2021. | Prime Minister chaired a progress review meeting on Regulatory Reforms & Guillotine. | |
| 6. August 2021. | The 2nd Workshop on UK regulatory journey and drafting of Pakistan Regulatory Guideline was conducted on 6th August 2021. Focal Persons from eight regulatory bodies, WBG Consultants and BOI team attended the workshop. This workshop was sponsored by OPSS/FCDO, UK Government. | |
| 9. August 2021. | The 3rd Workshop on UK regulatory journey and drafting of Pakistan Regulatory Guideline was conducted on 9th August 2021. Focal Persons from eight regulatory bodies, WBG Consultants and BOI team attended the workshop. This workshop was sponsored by OPSS/FCDO, UK Government. | Details Presentation |
| 4. August 2021. | PPD between BOI & Pakistan Cutlery & Stainless Utensils Manufacturers & Exporters Association. | Details |
| 12. August 2021. | Session on Pakistan’s E-Commerce Policy Framework. | Details |
| 16. August 2021. | PPD between BOI & All Pakistan Furniture Makers Association. | Details |
| 16. August 2021. | PPD between BOI & The Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan. | Details |
| 17. August 2021. | PPD between BOI & Rawalpindi Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industries. | Details |
| 24. November 2021. | BOI hosted 1st meeting of Information Technology Working Group | Agenda Record Note Presentation |
| 12. January 2022. | The Regulatory Delivery Model - Workshop | Presentation |
| 13. January 2022. | 6th Meeting of Steering Committee | Agenda BOI Presentation KP Presentation Punjab Presentation Draft Meeting Minutes |
| 26. January 2022. | Risk-based Approach to Regulation - Workshop | Presentation |
| 14. February 2022. | Regulatory Impact Assessment - Workshop | Presentation |
| 4. August 2021. | PPD between BOI & Pakistan Cutlery & Stainless Utensils Manufacturers & Exporters Association. | |
| 8. June 2022. | A meeting on sustainability and institutionalization of PRMI held on 8th June 2022 at Board Room, BoI, Islamabad. Representatives of development partners i.e. WBG, FCDO-ReMIT, OPSS and USAID-IPA attended the meeting. Additional Secretary/EDG-I led the BoI Team. | Gallery |
| 10. June 2022. | An Online/Zoom meeting on regulatory difficulties faced by businesses with Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCI) was held on 10.06.2022. It was a sequence of visit of Chief Minister and Chief Secretary to Board of Investment on 09.06.2022. Mr. Mukarram Jah Ansari, Additional Secretary, BOI and Mr. Ashfaq Ahmad, President,GB-CCI led their respective teams. | Gallery |
| 15. June 2022. | Board of Investment (BOI) held a meeting on business related regulatory difficulties and reforms process with the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Tax Bar Association (RITBA) on 15.06.2022. Additional Secretary, BOI and President, RITBA led their respective teams. Both sides shared their views/experiences on regulatory issues being faced by businesses and regulatory reforms being undertaken by BOI. | Gallery |
| 30. May 2022. | Peer Knowledge Exchange on China’s Experience in Business Regulatory Reforms. | Gallery |
| 14. September 2022. | A preliminary meeting of public sector stakeholders on streamlining registration process in IT & ITeS and Solar Energy sectors was held at BOI on 14-9-2022 under the chairpersonship of Additional Secretary/EDG BOI. Public sector stakeholders attended the both meetings in their respective fields. | Gallery |
| 14. October 2022. | BOI Team led by Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar, Additional Secretary/EDG, visited PBIT Office, Lahore and held meeting with PBIT Team on matters of mutual interests including PRMI coordination, regulatory mapping, registration processes and investment promotion and facilitation. | Gallery |
| 14. October 2022. | BOI Team visited PITB at ASTP, Lahore and held meeting with PITB Team on matters of mutual interests including PRMI coordination, regulatory mapping, registration processes and investment promotion and facilitation. | Gallery |
| 15. October 2022. | BOI Team led by Mr. Zulfiqar Ali, Director General, visited PWIARA, FPCCI Lahore Office and held a consultative meeting with PWIARA representatives on issues and challenges being faced by PWIARA. | Gallery |
| 5. December 2022. | Under the Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative (PRMI), the Board of Investment (BOI) facilitated the signing of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for consolidating and integrating sector-level business registrations into an e-services portal of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). | Gallery |
| 12. December 2022. | PRMI Section of BOI conducted a session on Regulatory Guidelines and proposed Regulatory Code at Board of Investment, Islamabad. Focal Persons from Federal/Provincial regulatory departments attended session physically as well as online. | Gallery |
| 30. December 2022. | BOI hosted 2nd meeting of Information Technology Working Group under PRMI on 30-12-2022. During the meeting, BOI presented report of IT Readiness Survey, 5 Country best practices for One Stop Shops and Regulatory Registry for mapping of RLCOs. Member (IT), MoIT made presentation on Digital Transformation Strategy and NADRA made presentation on Data Exchange Layer. | Gallery Agenda Presentations Meeting Minutes |
| 9. January 2023. | BoI’s PRMI team held meeting with GB PRMI working group today. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. ACS (Dev), GB appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 9. January 2023. | BoI’s PRMI team held meeting with AJK PRMI working group today. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. CS, AJK appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 10. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with Punjab PRMI working group today. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Additional Secretary, Commerce department, Government of Punjab appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 10. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with Sindh PRMI working group today. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Additional Secretary, Investment department, Gov. of Sindh appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Presentation Meeting Minutes |
| 11. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with KP PRMI working group on 11-01-2023. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Officers from KPBOIT appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Meeting Minutes |
| 16. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with FG PRMI working group on 16-01-2023. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Officers from Ministries / Divisions appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Meeting Minutes |
| 16. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with ICT PRMI working group on 16-01-2023. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Officers from ICT administration appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Meeting Minutes |
| 19. January 2023. | Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative (PRMI) team met with President, ICCI and members on 19-01-2023. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali, Director General (Reforms) and Mr. Adnan Munir Rajput, Director (Regulatory Modernization) gave a detailed presentation on PRMI to the business community. | Gallery |
| 24. January 2023. | BoI's PRMI team held meeting with Balochistan PRMI working group on 24-01-2023. BOI made recommendations regarding TORs for working Group, swifter implementation of reforms on the package shared by BOI and Modernization of regulatory requirements. Officers from Balochistan Working Group appreciated the efforts of BOI and assured full support. | Gallery Meeting Minutes |
| 26. January 2023. | BOI's PRMI team held meeting with M/s Stimulus to discuss Strategy for Circular Economy on 26-01-2023. The activities will focus on establishing a working group having representation from Public and Private Sector. The Strategy and Action plan will focus on promoting investments in Circular Economy sector of Pakistan. | Gallery |
| 25. January 2023. | PRMI team of BOI held meetings with Provincial Revenue Authorities of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP on 25-01-2023 regarding Sales Tax on Services integration with FBR and SECP. PRAL will be authorized to move with the integration process by ProvincialRevenue Authorities. Additionally integration of KP's Asaan Karobaar Portal with SECP was also discussed. | Gallery |
| 29. January 2023. | PRMI team of BOI held meeting with Ernst and Young on 29th January, 2023 to discuss RLCOs mapping for Federal Government. | Gallery |
| 1. February 2023. | PRMI team of BOI held meeting with EU delegation to Pakistan on 01st February, 2023 to discuss EU's Global Gateway project, Regulatory Reforms and areas of mutual collaboration. | Gallery |
| 12. February 2023. | Punjab Food Authority organized Food Expo+ from 10-12 February, 2023 which was the biggest and most prestigious food-related extravaganza in Pakistan promoting and showcasing safe, healthy and standardized food for all as a part of the vision of Government of the Punjab. | Gallery |
| 13. February 2023. | PRMI team of BOI led by Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar, Additional Secretary (Reforms) briefed Chief Secretary, Government of Sindh on the Regulatory Reform and Modernization Initiatives on 13-02-2023 at Sindh Secretariat, Karachi. The briefing session was attended by the Secretaries of 9 Provincial Departments. | Gallery |
| 15. February 2023. | Meeting of AJK PRMI working group held on 15-02-2023 chaired by Chief Secretary, AJ&K. | Gallery |
| 23. February 2023. | PRMI team met with Mr. Nadeem ul Haque, VC, PIDE on 23-02-2023 to discuss joint efforts for business related regulatory reforms. | Gallery |
| 22. February 2023. | PRMI team held meeting on 22-02-2023 to stock take progress on reforms related to Federal Government. Officers from SBP and Inland Revenue & Customs from FBR attended the meeting. | Gallery |
| 1. March 2023. | PRMI team of BOI led by Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar, Additional Secretary (Reforms) briefed Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab on the Regulatory Reform and Modernization Initiatives. | Gallery |
| 2. March 2023. | Additional Secretary, BOI Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar met with President, LCCI and members at Lahore. | Gallery |
| 6. March 2023. | BOI organized a consultative workshop during which stakeholders agreed to initiate the legislative process to introduce the Asaan Karobaar Bill in the Parliament. | Gallery |
| 20. March 2023. | 7th meeting of the Steering Committee of PRMI held. Participants from Private Sector i.e. PBC, OICCI, FPCCI and from Federal Government, ICT Administration, Provincial Governments of GB, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and KP were present. | Gallery AJK Presentation Balochistan Presentation BOI Presentation KP Presentation Punjab Presentation Sindh Presentation Record Note |
| 29. March 2023. | PRMI team meeting with senior officers from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and SECP. | Gallery |
| 30. March 2023. | A training session on Regulatory Reform Evaluation arranged by REMIT team for the PRMI team of BOI. | Gallery |
| 19. April 2023. | DG BOI, Zulfiqar Ali met Chairman SECP, Akif Saeed at SECP to provide an overview of ongoing Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative. | Gallery |
| 19. May 2023. | A meeting of the Committee to analyze regional / provincial regulatory mapping was held and attended by focal persons from all Regional / Provinces. | Gallery |
| 26. May 2023. | A meeting to finalize the integration process of Provincial Revenue Authorities with SECP and FBR was held. | Gallery |
| 1. June 2023. | Board of Investment organized a consultative workshop on draft Zero Time To Start Policy. | Gallery Press Release |
| 23. June 2023. | MOU signing ceremony for the Integration of Business Registrations with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). | Press Release & Gallery |
| 31. July 2023. | BOI organized a workshop on “Regulatory Reforms through Principle Based Regulatory Framework” for Energy (Power & Petroleum), Water Resources, Maritime (Ports), and Media & Communications sectors. | Press Release & Gallery |
| 1. August 2023. | Workshop on “Regulatory Reforms through Principle Based Regulatory Framework” Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Science & Technology and IT and Commerce, Exports and Intellectual Property sectors. | Press Release & Gallery |
| 7. August 2023. | Workshop on “Regulatory Reforms through Principle Based Regulatory Framework” for Industries, Climate and Agriculture & Food sectors, organized by Board of Investment under the umbrella of Pakistan Regulatory Modernization Initiative PRMI. | Press Release & Gallery |
| 8. August 2023. | Workshop on “Regulatory Reforms through Principle Based Regulatory Framework” organized by BOI in collaboration with Development Partners for Housing & Construction, Human Resource/Employment, ICT Administration, Tourism and Finance & Revenue sectors. | Press Release & Gallery |
| 11. May 2023. | B-READY Workshop - Malaysia | Press Release |
| 21. June 2023. | World Bank's B-READY Project: Government of Sindh to collaborate in assessing business environment. | Press Release |
| 19. July 2023. | Meeting with Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) Sialkot. | Press Release & Gallery |
| 9. August 2023. | Meeting of DG Reforms, BOI with RCCI on PRMI. | Press Release & Gallery |
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