{"id":92212,"date":"2025-11-26T20:50:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=92212"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:50:24","slug":"pm-meets-bahrains-crown-prince-focuses-on-expanding-economic-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-meets-bahrains-crown-prince-focuses-on-expanding-economic-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"PM meets Bahrain\u2019s Crown Prince, focuses on expanding economic cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANAMA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Crown Prince of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/prime-minister-shahbaz-sharif-arrived-in-bahrain-on-a-2-day-visit\/\">Bahrain<\/a>, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, here at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders emphasized enhanced bilateral economic cooperation between the two friendly nations.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister was presented with a guard of honor upon his arrival at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sharif, during the call on with the Crown Prince, thanked him for the warm hospitality and commended Bahrain\u2019s leadership in strengthening bilateral ties.<\/p>\n<p>The PM congratulated Bahrain on its success for the UN Security Council non permanent membership for a 2 year term 2026-2027 and expressed Pakistan\u2019s readiness for close coordination during its tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focussed on economic cooperation, where the prime minister highlighted the potential to increase bilateral trade, currently over USD 550 million, to USD 1 billion within three years, supported by the Pakistan\u2013GCC Free Trade Agreement, which is at advanced stage of finalisation and recently eased visa requirements.<\/p>\n<p>He invited Bahraini investors to explore opportunities in food security, IT, construction, mines and minerals, healthcare, renewable energy, and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>He also proposed enhanced port-to-port connectivity between Karachi\/Gwadar and Khalifa Bin Salman Port.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister acknowledged Bahrain\u2019s support for the over 150,000-strong Pakistani community and reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s readiness to provide more skilled manpower.<\/p>\n<p>He welcomed further collaboration in higher education, technical training, and digital governance, building on the King Hamad University initiative, and thanked Bahrain for facilitating the release and repatriation of Pakistani nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Defence and security cooperation were also discussed, with both sides agreeing to further expand collaboration in training, cybersecurity, defence production, and information sharing.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders discussed the recent developments in Gaza, and agreed that the establishment of peace and stability was long overdue for the people of Gaza who have suffered for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting concluded with confidence that the discussions will translate into tangible outcomes and further elevate Pakistan\u2013Bahrain relations across strategic, economic, security and people-to-people domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANAMA: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met Crown Prince of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, here at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace. Both leaders emphasized enhanced bilateral economic cooperation between the two friendly nations. The prime minister was presented with a guard of honor upon his arrival at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace. Prime Minister Sharif, during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":92213,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32566],"class_list":["post-92212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pm-meets-bahrains-crown-prince"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92214,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92212\/revisions\/92214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}