{"id":23216,"date":"2026-08-04T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23216"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:35:34","slug":"iran-expresses-interest-in-expanding-trade-with-pakistan-through-karachi-and-gwadar-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23216","title":{"rendered":"Iran expresses interest in expanding trade with Pakistan through Karachi and Gwadar ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran has expressed its interest in expanding trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan through the ports of Karachi and Gwadar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Radio Pakistan, the 10th session of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade Committee was held in Islamabad and jointly chaired by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Mohammad Atabak and Pakistan&#8217;s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the meeting, Atabak said that Iran attached great importance to strengthening economic relations with Pakistan and wanted to expand bilateral cooperation further.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two countries were progressing positively and expressed hope that the deal would be finalised in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian minister also highlighted the importance of Karachi and Gwadar ports in promoting trade and economic connectivity between the two neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan said that activating joint border markets was essential for creating employment opportunities and boosting economic growth in border regions.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the private sectors of both countries had confidence in one another and that governments should create a transparent, reliable and business-friendly environment for traders.<\/p>\n<p>Jam Kamal Khan also stressed the need to formulate a practical roadmap to strengthen economic cooperation between Pakistan and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place nearly two weeks after Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni&#8217;s visit to Pakistan, during which both countries agreed to enhance railway cooperation and cross-border connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has expressed its interest in expanding trade and economic cooperation with Pakistan through the ports of Karachi and Gwadar. According to Radio Pakistan, the 10th session of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade Committee was held in Islamabad and jointly chaired by Iranian Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Mohammad Atabak and Pakistan&#8217;s Commerce Minister Jam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[270,4724,149,13298,8408,13299,62,3324],"class_list":["post-23216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-economy","tag-gwadar","tag-iran","tag-jam-kamal-khan","tag-karachi-port","tag-mohammad-atabak","tag-pakistan","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23218,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23216\/revisions\/23218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}