In conversation with MNA Shandana Gulzar Khan of Pakistan, Chairperson, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians gulfnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gulfnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ag PRKarachi: For the first time in Pakistan’s history, a TCS truck carrying commercial consignment, travelled from Pakistan to Uzbekistan via Afghanistan.This landmark achievement was led by.
Pakistan needs to reframe its regional connectivity push
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On April 8, the top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan visited the Chinese-operated port of Gwadar the first such visit by an American official in 15 years. The move appears to be part of a campaign by Pakistan to promote its regional connectivity agenda and simultaneously signal that this effort isn’t solely wedded to China and its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The U.S. official’s Gwadar visit comes after a public address delivered in March by Pakistan’s powerful army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa in which he stated that while the BRI-linked China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is “central” to Pakistan’s economic vision, seeing Pakistan exclusively through the prism of CPEC is “misleading.”
United States and Pakistan launch pilot project to increase regional trade msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Daily Times
May 8, 2021
The United States government along with the government of Pakistan has launched the first international shipment from Pakistan that is compliant with the United Nations’ “Transports Internationaux Routiers” (TIR) Convention, an international customs transit system that facilitates trade by expediting border checks between countries.
According to USA Embassy’s press release here on Friday, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Pakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity (PREIA) provided technical and financial support for the pilot project.
Utilizing the international transport company TCS, this week’s pilot shipment was the first in a series of five planned trial runs between Pakistan and Central Asia.