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ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (APP):Adviser to Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad on Thursday said that the virtual investor roadshow arranged by Standard Chartered Bank,in collaboration with the Debt Management Office of the Ministry of Finance and Revenue, marked a historic and unprecedented level of engagement with Pakistan’s investment narrative.
With 225 investors participating, this was among the largest, most diverse, and most institutionally-weighted investor interactions Pakistan has seen in recent years, and the first time such a broad set of real-money global investors engaged together in a single, curated forum at this scale, he posted on X.
The roadshow was led by Minister of Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, alongside his team, who presented Pakistan’s emerging investment story anchored in macro-economic stability, structural reforms, external validation and a clearly improving outlook, while providing clear forward guidance on external market funding plans through forthcoming RFPs, he added.
He said that participation was dominated by foreign institutional investors, global asset managers, pension funds, insurers, sovereign-linked entities, corporates, HNWIs, and multilateral institutions, reflecting not speculative interest, but serious long-horizon capital evaluating Pakistan’s renewed macro and reform trajectory.
Foreign investors joined from all major capital regions including North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific signaling broad global interest, he said adding that the participation by the World’s Largest Asset Managers Importantly, the attendee list included some of the largest and most influential asset managers in the world, collectively representing over $ 35+ trillion in assets under management (AUMs).
This level of participation is a powerful signal that Pakistan is attracting the attention of global real-money allocators, not merely opportunistic flows, he added.
This level of participation reflects a clear shift in investor perception, driven by visible and credible progress, he said adding that the macro stabilization has taken hold as inflation has declined, fiscal discipline has strengthened, external balances have improved, and FX markets have stabilized.
The reforms are measurable and underway such as tax modernization, energy sector restructuring, SOE reforms, regulatory simplification and digitization are moving decisively from intent to delivery, he said adding that the external validation is strengthening: IMF program discipline, multilateral re-engagement, and improving buffers are reinforcing credibility.
The valuations remain compelling: Pakistan’s economy and markets remain undervalued, offering asymmetric upside as reforms deepen and confidence compounds.
He said that the the scale and quality of engagement, particularly from institutions that are highly selective and typically engage only when reform credibility is evident, makes this roadshow a breakthrough moment in Pakistan’s investor outreach, adding that it signals that Pakistan is firmly back on the radar of the world’s most serious allocators, with growing conviction in a reform-led recovery and medium-term growth potential.