Efforts will be fast-tracked to finalise Pakistan-GCC FTA

Pakistan and Bahrain have agreed to fast-track efforts to finalise the Pakistan-GCC Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and deepen bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, energy, agriculture, information technology, and labour. The understanding was reached during the third session of the Pakistan-Bahrain joint ministerial commission, co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

The sides also agreed to establish a government-level joint working group on trade and investment as an institutional mechanism for regular consultations, coordination, and cooperation on bilateral economic ties.

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