Pakistan has offered Kazakhstan access to its ports for boosting regional trade and transport links. The offer includes using Karachi, Port Qasim, and Gwadar as gateways to South Asia, the Gulf, and beyond. Talks took place in Islamabad between Pakistan’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and a Kazakh delegation led by Transport Minister Nurlan Sauranbayev. Federal […]
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Pakistan, Kazakhstan strengthen ties ahead of Presidential visit
Pakistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to boost political and economic cooperation. Both countries aim to improve trade, regional connectivity, and coordination. This agreement came during talks in Islamabad on Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar met Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu at the Foreign Office. The visit is part of preparations for the Kazakh president’s […]
Kazakhstan seeks access to global markets via Pakistan’s ports
Kazakhstan has shown strong interest in using Pakistan’s ports as transit hubs for Central Asian trade. The proposal came during a meeting between Kazakh Ambassador Yerzhan Kistafin and Pakistan’s Maritime Affairs Minister, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry. Pakistan offered joint ventures at Karachi and Gwadar ports to improve regional connectivity. These partnerships would allow Kazakhstan to […]
Kazakhstan joins TAPI project: Strengthening ties with Pakistan
Kazakhstan is set to officially announce its participation in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project. This marks a significant step towards enhanced regional energy cooperation. The announcement came during a meeting in Islamabad between Kazakhstan’s ambassador and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology. The high-level discussions focused on improving bilateral relations in key areas […]
Ambassador of Kazakhstan visits Sargodha University
H.E. Ambassador Yerzhan Kistafin of Kazakhstan to Pakistan visited Sargodha University on Thursday to discuss matters of mutual interests. The Ambassador was cordially welcomed by Prof. Dr. Qaisar Abbas, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sargodha. A delegation from the Sargodha Chamber of Commerce led by its president, Shoaib Ahmad Basra, as well as deans, […]
Uzbekistan lifts COVID-19 restrictions on foreign tourists
TASHKENT :Uzbekistan cancelled some COVID-19 restrictions starting from Wednesday and will resume issuing electronic visas for foreigners to open the country to tourists, said the Uzbek special commission on COVID-19. Foreigners arriving in Uzbekistan are still required to hold a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours upon arrival. Otherwise, they […]
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Sir: Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) constitute an important storehouse of natural resources; and have hence attracted several countries for establishing economic cooperation with them in the past. Recently, a new economic corridor is being proposed for connecting landlocked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent by establishing a new corridor through […]
Kazakhstan warms up to Pak, invites Speaker Qaiser to Euro-Asia summit
National Assembly Speaker, Asad Qaiser, on Tuesday, expressed a desire for strengthing relations between Pakistan and Kazakhstan while adding that the two countries enjoyed a bond firmly rooted in religion, brotherhood, history and culture. He said this while talking to the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Barlybay Sadykov, who had called on him at Parliament House. Speaker […]