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  "id": 12817918,
  "title": "Pakistan, Bahrain aim to boost bilateral trade as Dar, visiting FM chair JMC meeting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/pakistan-bahrain-aim-to-boost-bilateral-trade-as-dar-visiting-fm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T07:53:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn Business",
    "slug": "dawn-business",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035648/pakistan-bahrain-aim-to-boost-bilateral-trade-as-dar-visiting-fm-chair-jmc-meeting"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pakistan and Bahrain aim to boost bilateral trade as the two countries hold the third session of their Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) in Islamabad. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, along with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, are co-chairing the JMC session. The two sides discussed ways to further expand bilateral cooperation, particularly in trade, economic and investment relations, as well as through engagement at multilateral fora. The Foreign Office expressed satisfaction at the positive momentum in high-level engagement between the two countries, and noted that dialogue and diplomacy remain the most viable means of addressing challenges and resolving disputes.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Pakistan, Bahrain aim to boost bilateral trade as Dar, visiting FM chair JMC meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/pakistan-bahrain-aim-to-boost-bilateral-trade-as-dar-visiting-fm-12819529",
        "published": "2026-10-08T07:53:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Pakistan, Bahrain set $1bn bilateral trade target",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/pakistan-bahrain-set-1bn-bilateral-trade-target",
        "published": "2026-10-08T11:09:24.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Pakistan, Bahrain agree to operationalise joint working groups, expand trade ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/pakistan-bahrain-agree-to-operationalise-joint-working-groups-expand",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:13:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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