Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to boost trade

The 8th Pakistan-Uzbekistan Joint Ministerial Commission started in Tashkent to explore ways to enhance the economic, trade and commercial relations between the two countries and speed up the implementation of the already agreed agreements. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar co-chaired the meeting. On the sidelines of the ministerial, Mr Dar also called on Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and special attention was paid to the implementation of important agreements signed on transit and preferential trade, said an official announcement of the finance ministry. In addition, within the framework of the agenda of intergovernmental negotiations, the importance of promoting specific cooperation projects in various sectors of the economy was noted. Both sides touched upon the need for the development of bilateral bus services and the acceleration of the railway construction project, which connects Central and South Asia through Afghanistan and leads to the ports of Pakistan.