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  Both sides discuss speeding up CEPA negotiations on trade and investment UAE remains key financial partner for Pakistan amid economic reforms KARACHI: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates have reaffirmed their commitment to expedite negotiations on a comprehensive trade and investment agreement, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday, as Islamabad seeks to deepen economic ties with the Gulf nation. The pledge was made during a meeting between Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and the UAE’s Ambassador Salem Mohammed Salem Al Zaabi, during a meeting in which both sides agreed to maintain close coordination to advance discussions on the Pakistan-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The agreement is intended to broaden economic cooperation by improving market access, encouraging investment and strengthening collaboration in sectors such as trade, logistics, ports, infrastructure and manufacturing. Pakistani officials see the framework as a way to trans...

  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday invited Uzbek business firms to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan's textile, pharmaceutical, mining, agriculture, and tourism sectors, as private sector entities from both countries signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth $3.4 billion for B2B cooperation. The prime minister, addressing the Pakistan-Uzbekistan Business Forum held along with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is on a two-day state visit to Islamabad, said that both sides had signed a protocol on Friday to achieve an "ambitious yet easily achievable" target of increasing bilateral trade to $2 billion in five years.

Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed on Thursday to express support for the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their struggle for the right to self-determination. The day draws the attention of the international community to the Indian atrocities in the Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. To mark the occasion, solidarity walks, seminars and exhibitions are being organised across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. A one-minute silence was also observed across the country at 10:00am to pay homage to the martyrs of the Kashmir freedom movement. In his message,  President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif  have reaffirmed their unwavering moral, diplomatic and political support for Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their just cause to achieve the right to self-determination as enshrined in the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. In their separate messages, they urged the international community to ...

  Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday for a two-day official visit as the two nations seek to bolster bilateral ties further. Pakistan travel guide The two countries maintain friendly diplomatic relations, with Kazakhstan being Pakistan’s top export destination among Central Asian countries. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Deputy PM Ishaq Dar received President Tokayev at Rawalpindi’s Nur Khan Base. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, a 21-gun salute was presented to the visiting dignitary. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, who also welcomed the Kazakh preisdent at Nur Khan Base, later posted on social media platform X: “Honoured to welcome His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, president of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on his two-day official visit to Pakistan. He was received at the airport by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “This will be a great visit in terms of strong ties be...

  Field Marshal Khalifa Abu-al-Qasim Haftar, Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, along with Libyan Prime Minister Dr Osama Saad Hammad, called on Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir at General Headquarters (GHQ) on Monday, the military’s media wing said. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the meeting focused on matters of mutual interest, particularly regional security dynamics and avenues for professional and defence cooperation between Pakistan and Libya. Both sides emphasised the importance of sustained engagement and collaboration between the armed forces of the two countries.

  The UAE's non-oil foreign trade has exceeded AED 3.8 trillion ($1 trillion) for "the first time in its history", His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced on Saturday. It marks a 26 per cent increase over the previous year, Sheikh Mohammed said on social media, after "reviewing the results of the foreign trade report". He highlighted that the non-oil exports surpassed AED 813 billion, marking "an exceptional growth of 45 per cent over the previous year". Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE had set to achieve "these figures" by 2031, but achieved "95 per cent" of that target five years before the deadline. His Highness highlighted that the country's "international partnerships have doubled... Our partnerships with the private sector have been strengthened... And the world's confidence in the UAE has been solidified". Sheikh Mohammed cong...