{
  "id": 14661898,
  "title": "Pakistan seeks Alibaba cooperation for cashless economy, SME exports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/pakistan-seeks-alibaba-cooperation-for-cashless-economy-sme-exports",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T09:34:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444368/pakistan-seeks-alibaba-cooperation-for-cashless-economy-sme-exports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with Alibaba International Digital Commerce officials in Bangkok to discuss bolstering Pakistan's digital economy. The talks focused on digital payments, a cashless economy, and tax rationalization for SMEs and exports. Both sides agreed to accelerate the Pakistan Single Window platform and improve tracking of cross-border payments. Cooperation on cloud infrastructure, AI, and tax administration was also explored, with a focus on data systems, cybersecurity, and institutional capacity. The two sides also discussed modernizing Pakistan Post's sorting systems and expanding agricultural exports to China via Alibaba's retail network. In a separate meeting, Aurangzeb met with ITFC CEO Adeeb Y. Al Aama, reviewing Pakistan's economic progress and exploring longer-term financing options. The finance minister emphasized the importance of strengthening global partnerships and enhancing Pakistan's export competitiveness.",
  "summary": "Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met Alibaba International Digital Commerce leadership in Bangkok to discuss cooperation on digital payments, e-commerce and technology, including proposals to rationalise e-commerce taxation and accelerate Pakistan’s single window platform, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. Aurangzeb met with the leadership of Alibaba International Digital Commerce (AIDC)…",
  "key_points": [
    "Finance Minister Aurangzeb met Alibaba officials in Bangkok to discuss digital economy.",
    "Cooperation explored on cloud infrastructure, AI, tax administration, and modernizing Pakistan Post."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}