Pakistan and Bahrain Agree on Joint Working Group to Boost Trade, Push GCC Free Trade Agreement

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani at a joint press conference in Islamabad

Pakistan and Bahrain have agreed to set up a joint working group on trade and investment. They also committed to finalising the GCC-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement, according to Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. The announcement came on Thursday in Islamabad.  The move gives Pakistan Bahrain trade a clearer institutional path. It also brings the long-pending GCC Pakistan free trade agreement back into focus. Here is what was decided and why it matters. Background: A Long-Standing Partnership Pakistan Bahrain relations go back more than five decades. Pakistan…

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