Daily Times

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday reaffirmed the government’s desire to further strengthening bilateral cooperation with the United States in the key areas including trade and investment, energy, security, and climate change. He was talking to the U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Blome who called on him here. Ambassador Blome congratulated the prime minister on assuming office and reaffirmed the United States’ desire for supporting Pakistan’s economic and development agenda.

The prime minister said that Pakistan and the US enjoyed longstanding and broad-based relations, rooted in mutual respect, common interests and shared values.

He emphasized that the caretaker government’s main responsibility was to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan in the electoral process and provide constitutional continuity during the period of democratic transition. He expressed satisfaction over the current positive trajectory of bilateral ties and appreciated the United States’ role in helping Pakistan to stabilize its economy and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continue the reform agenda for achieving sustainable growth. Noting the role that the U.S. private sector had traditionally played in supporting Pakistan’s economic growth, he hoped that that more U.S. companies would explore the investment opportunities, particularly to tap the vast potential for investment in Pakistan’s information technology sector.

Lauding the important contributions of the Pakistani-American community towards strengthening ties between the two countries, the prime minister called for increasing people-to-people contacts between the two countries. In a post on X, the US embassy also shared that the US envoy was delighted to meet with caretaker PM Kakar and he “reaffirmed steadfast commitment to US-Pakistan relationship, support for free and fair elections, desire to work with and through US Pakistan Green Alliance to build for the future.” The post further added that the US “encouraged protection of religious minorities, and continued partnership with IMF on economic recovery.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Friday said progress of Balochistan was the main priority of his government.

He made the remarks in a meeting with Caretaker Balochistan Chief Minister Ali Mardan Domki here at the Chief Minister House. The chief minister briefed the PM on the administrative affairs of the province.

The prime minister directed that a detailed briefing should be presented regarding the administrative affairs and development and infrastructure projects of Balochistan.

He said progress of Pakistan was not possible without progress of Balochistan. The province was not only rich in natural resources but its real strength was its capable human resources, he added. Earlier on his arrival at the Chief Minister House, the prime minister was presented a guard of honour.