Islamabad
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday invited Uzbek business firms to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan’s textile, pharmaceutical and other sectors as private-sector entities from both countries signed memoranda of understanding worth $3.4 billion for business-to-business cooperation as Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev wrapped up a two-day state visit.
While addressing the Pakistan–Uzbekistan Business Forum in Islamabad alongside President Mirziyoyev, the prime minister said both sides had also signed a protocol aimed at achieving an “ambitious yet easily achievable” target of increasing bilateral trade to $2b within five years.
The forum was attended by ministers and business leaders from both countries. The two leaders assured investors of a conducive business environment and pledged that systemic hurdles would not be allowed to impede investment.
