Islamabad: Federal Cabinet ne Juma’rāt ke din ek riyasti commercial bank mein apne 100% shares 14.6 million dollar (taqriban 4.1 arab rupey) mein UAE ki hukoomat ke naamzad idaray ko farokht karne ki manzoori de di.
Yeh faisla ek muzakrati moahide ke zariye kiya gaya. Zarae ke mutabiq, kharidar ko 5 saal ke andar bank ke liye kam az kam 10 arab rupey ke sarmaye ki shart puri karne ki ijazat bhi di gayi hai. December 2024 tak bank ki equity 3.2 arab rupey thi, jis ke mutabiq naya kharidar mazeed 6.8 arab rupey invest karega taake capital requirement puri ho sake.
Federal Cabinet Shehbaz Sharif ki sadrati mein hone wale ijlaas mein Kabina ne First Women Bank Limited ke 82.64% sarkari shares UAE ki hukoomat ke naamzad idaray International Holding Company (IHC) ko bechne ki ijazat di.
Privatization Commission ne is moamlay par rasmi tabsara karne se gurez kiya, lekin ek senior official ne kaha ke “yeh ek chhota sauda lagta hai lekin IHC ke international maqam ke sabab yeh aik aham development hai.”
Zarae ke mutabiq, UAE ke idaray ne bank ki total qeemat taqriban 5 arab rupey (17.7 million dollar) tay ki. Is hisaab se hukoomat ko apne 82.64% shares ke badlay 14.6 million dollar (4.1 arab rupey) milenge.
Yeh sauda Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions Act 2022 ke tehat kiya gaya, jis mein hukoomat se hukoomat ke moahidon mein muqablaati boli (competitive bidding) ki shart nahi hoti. Magar Privatization Ordinance 2001 ke mutabiq, sarkari assets sirf competitive bidding ke zariye hi bechay ja sakte hain.
Zarae ke mutabiq, farokht ka moahida aaj (Jumma) Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ki mojoodgi mein dastakht kiya jayega. Dilchasp baat yeh hai ke IHC koi hukoomati idara nahi balkay ek private company hai, lekin hukoomat ne isay IGCT qanoon ke tehat shaamil kiya kyun ke qanoon mein foreign government ki involvement zaroori hai, ownership ratio nahi.
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan IHC ke Chairman hain. Company ke assets taqriban 240 billion dollar ke hain aur uski 1,300 se zyada subsidiaries mukhtalif sectors jaise asset management, health, real estate, technology, financial services, food aur energy mein kaam kar rahi hain.
Hukoomati afsar ke mutabiq, 4.1 arab rupey ki qeemat Cabinet Committee on Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions (CCoIGCT) ke manzoor shuda 3.7 arab rupey ke reference rate se zyada hai.
Yaad rahe, First Women Bank 1989 mein khawateen ki financial shumuliyat barhane ke liye qayam kiya gaya tha, lekin use aam banking karobar karne ki bhi ijazat hai.
Privatization Commission ab tak kisi baray nuqsan mein chalne wale idaray, jaise bijli ke distribution companies ya PIA, ko bechne mein kamiyab nahi hua, magar umeed hai ke PIA ka sauda November ke aakhir tak mukammal ho sakta hai.
