Pakistan, Bangladesh Discuss Collaboration in Ship-Building, Agro-Processing

Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan held productive discussions with Bangladesh’s Adviser for Industries Adilur Rahman Khan in Dhaka on Thursday to explore avenues for industrial cooperation between the two countries. The minister and the adviser underscored the importance of leveraging their economic and industrial base to the mutual advantage of the two countries to address issues of food security, value addition in the food industry, and aligning industrial technology. Discussions focused on exchanging expertise across diverse sectors through mutual exchange of delegations and knowledge sharing. The minister emphasized Pakistan’s keen interest in being a part of Bangladesh’s evolving industrial landscape through collaboration, joint ventures and mutual investment. He emphasized the need for a shared vision to create a facilitative economic ecosystem for industrial growth. Building on the positive growth in bilateral trade, he underscored the need to transform this relationship into a sustainable partnership. He focused on value-addition industries for revenue generation and socio-economic uplift and appreciated Bangladesh’s growth in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, textiles, and Information Technology. The adviser for Industries highlighted Bangladesh’s progress in industrial development and acknowledged Bangladesh’s growing industrial requirements. The adviser showed keen interest in knowledge sharing and industrial collaboration. He identified leather, ship-building, sugar, agro-processing, and SMEs as areas of possible collaboration. The meeting concluded with a mutual resolve to build on bilateral trade and industrial development through collaborative efforts.