5 reasons why not to invest in pakistan tie con 2015 karachi

TOP 5 REASONSTO STAY THE $#%@ AWAY FROM

P A K I S T A N

An Investors Guide

Monis Rahman, ROZEE.PKTIECon 2015 Karachi

Pakistan is the World’s most

dangerous country

#5


Incident Location Deaths Population Percentage

Murder St. Louis, USA 159 318,000 0.05%

Car Accident USA 32,719 316,000,000 0.01%

Terrorist Violence Pakistan 1,781 190,000,000 0.0009%

You are 50 times more likely to be murdered in St. Louis than killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan

You are 10 times more likely to be killed in a car accident in the US than killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan

*** 75% of VC funded startups fail - worried about 0.0009%? Really? ***Monis Rahman, ROZEE.PKTIECon 2015 Karachi

Pakistan is small market with little

purchasing power

#4


■ 190 Million People○ World’s 6th most populous country

■ GDP (PPP) of $835 Billion in 2013○ World’s 26th largest GDP○ Higher than Netherlands, Malaysia and UAE

■ 54% of Population is youth○ Rapidly growing middle class consumers○ Motorcycle sales increased 4X over last 10 yrs

■ 37M people with GDP per capita > $12,200○ Comparable to South Africa and China


Pakistani economy is failing

#3


■ Retail Sector is BOOOOMING○ Clothing, electronics, food, healthcare, FMCG,

automotive○ GDP growth rate does not reflect market

■ Real Estate Prices are doubling○ 50% to 100% growth quite

common in USD terms○ Still undervalued compared to

India■ KSE World’s 2nd Best Performing

stock market in 2013Monis Rahman, ROZEE.PKTIECon 2015 Karachi

Pakistan lacks scalable payment

mechanisms

#2


■ Rapid emergence of branchless products○ UBL Omni, EasyPaisa, Mobicash, TimePey○ Bank Alfalah, JS Bank, Others

■ IBFT Web Banking Huge Success○ Secure account to account transfer across all

banks○ Online APIs

■ COD Logistics Providers○ TCS, BlueEx, Leopard○ Entrepreneurs rushing to fill this space


Pakistan is not online

#1


■ 30 Million Internet Users○ Growing to 65 Million over next 5 years○ Larger than UK, Australia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia

■ 10 Million 3G Users○ 15 Million smart phones


5 reasons why not to invest in pakistan tie con 2015 karachi

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