They are treated equally with national firms in all respect and can bring in and out expatriate staff to run their businesses. Deregulation of oil and gas telecommunication and civil aviation sectors have also brought about significant positive results.
Oil and gas exploration activity has stepped up in recent years and constant discovery and production from new gas fields operated by private sector companies have added new capacity to meet the growing energy needs of the country. Independent power producers – both domestic and foreign private companies – have played a critical role in filling in electricity generation requirements of Pakistan.