Pakistan ruling party chief, UAE envoy discuss cooperation in trade and other sectors
Nawaz Sharif, head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday met with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador Hamad Obaid Al-Zaabi in the Pakistani hill station of Murree and discussed with him cooperation in trade and several other sectors, the Punjab CM office said.
The UAE is Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner, after China and the United States as well as home to more than a million Pakistani expatriates and the second-largest source of remittances to Pakistan, after Saudi Arabia.
Policymakers in the South Asian country consider the Gulf state an optimal export destination due to its geographical proximity, which minimizes transportation and freight costs while facilitating commercial transactions.
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