Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s pivotal October 2025 visit to Malaysia has revitalized bilateral ties, with $200 million halal meat quotas, six MoUs, and commitments to renegotiate the MPCEPA, unlocking trade, tech, and investment potentials for mutual growth.
Pakistan’s deepening ties with Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore – marked by 2025 PTA negotiations with Vietnam, FTA revival with Thailand, and investment calls for herald untapped trade, tech, and connectivity potentials of mutual growth.
Recent (Oct-Dec 2025) high-level meetings between Pakistan’s DPM/Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Canadian officials have catalyzed economic cooperation, focusing on trade facilitation, investment protection and sectoral synergies like agriculture and mining, promising mutual growth and stability for both nations.
Quebec and Pakistan can turn post-COVID momentum into durable partnerships -linking aerospace, AI, critical minerals, ports, agri-food and higher education – so both economies create jobs, diversify markets, de-risk supply chains and scale innovation with clear policy scaffolding.
Manitoba and Pakistan can convert post-COVID momentum into durable partnerships – linking pulses and plant protein, farm machinery, critical minerals, power-sector services, logistics and research – so both economies create jobs, de-risk supply chains and scale innovation together.
Atlantic Canada’s maritime strengths – potatoes and bioscience (Prince Edward Islands – PEI), ocean tech and ports (Nova Scotia), food processing, forestry and fast-rising container logistics (New Brunswick) – align with Pakistan’s needs in food security, blue economy, energy efficiency and trade facilitation.
Newfoundland and Pakistan can convert post-COVID momentum into durable partnerships – linking offshore energy, green hydrogen, fisheries, ocean tech and maritime education – to create jobs, diversify markets and scale innovation while building resilient, rules-based supply chains for both economies.
Saskatchewan and Pakistan can convert post-COVID recovery into durable growth by pairing prairie strengths – pulses, potash, ag-innovation and university research – with Pakistan’s food-security, fertilizer and digital-modernization needs, creating investable projects, better trade balances and resilient people-to-people links.
British Columbia and Pakistan can translate post-COVID momentum into durable partnerships – linking LNG and ports, forestry and agri-seafood, critical minerals, tech and higher education – to create jobs, diversify markets and commercialize innovation in both economies.
Alberta and Pakistan can turn post-COVID momentum into a durable partnership—linking energy, agri-food, tech, higher education and critical minerals – to create jobs, diversify markets and commercialize innovation while deepening people-to-people ties and supply-chain resilience in both economies.
