Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Sunday reiterated Pakistani government’s resolve to develop a strong partnership with Afghanistan with increased road-railways connectivity and emphasis on energy projects.
He specially referred to CASA-1000, TAPI and other investment ventures.
Senator Ishaq Dar and his Afghan counterpart Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal had a telephonic conversation exchanging views on Pak-Afghan economic cooperation.
Omar Zakhilwal made the phone call to the minister acknowledging all efforts for furtherance of Pak-Afghan economic cooperation, particularly in the backdrop of the Afghan president’s visit to Pakistan and the APTTCA on 1st and 2nd January in Islamabad. He also conveyed President Ashraf Ghani’s appreciation and warm regards to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Finance Minister Dar.
The finance minister said Pakistan attached high priority to realization of peace and economic development in the brotherly country and the economic projects it had undertaken epitomize the present government’s due care for the Afghan brethren. He said senior officials in all concerned ministries had been assigned the task to ensure implementation of decisions taken during the Afghan president’s visit. Considerable progress, as also acknowledged by Zakhilwal, had been made for transit trade facilitation, Dar added.