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facilitation to ensure reduced time to market for the new entrants to punjab s market ; servicing of the existing businesses by redressing their grievances with the government thereby bridging the gap between the private sector & the government and also removing any impediments to their business growth in punjab ; policy advocacy for creation of a conducive business environment through proposals for amendments in existing legislation and proposals for fresh legislation . the dynamic duo of public and private sector officials at pbit is essentially to provide the businesses with a one window facility for interaction with government thereby saving precious time and money . the sectors under focus for trade and investment at pbit currently include agriculture along with livestock & dairy energy infrastructure and manufacturing in line with its focal areas of action and sectors pbit has managed to become a steering committee member and the director of south asia at waipa . in its endeavor to put punjab on the world map pbit has been conducting and participating in global and local trade & investment events . a notable few in the year 2011 12 included ; halal food conference in collaboration with royal thai embassy in pakistan ; international green week berlin ; investment conference dubai the 3rd world investment forum wif doha ; pak turk business forum ; and single country exhibition of iran and punjab mango festival . pbit has invited and hosted numerous delegations of journalists from usa and germany and business delegations from a wide range of countries including turkey spain italy france canada us korea uae japan china and australia to promote a soft image of the country as well as expose the world to the untapped business opportunities in punjab . pbit has also serviced existing businesses in punjab including local and multinational companies like metro cash and carry coca cola telenor mobilink general electric zong pakistan lotte group and al futaim group to name a few . various policy recommendations governing the establishment of special economic zones halal certification public private partnership law and real estates investment trust have also been advocated at both the provincial and federal tiers of government . 1 references edit pbit official website . punjab board of investment & trade . retrieved may 24 2014 . external links edit official website profile at pakistan dmoz world association of investment promotion agencies official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title punjab board of investment and trade & oldid 723351857 categories government of punjab pakistaneconomy of punjab pakistaninvestment companies of pakistaninvestment promotion agenciespunjab pakistanhidden categories wikipedia articles needing reorganization from august 2012articles needing additional references from august 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from august 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 june 2016 at 14 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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