{"id":8145,"date":"2025-08-07T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/07\/pakistan-uzbekistan-trade-potential\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:44:27","slug":"pakistan-uzbekistan-trade-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=8145","title":{"rendered":"Senior Journalist Tazeen Akhtar Proposes Strategic Vision to Achieve $2 Billion Trade Between Pakistan and Uzbekistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Journalist Tazeen Akhtar Proposes Strategic Vision to Achieve $2 Billion Trade Between Pakistan and Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Islamabad<\/strong>: As Pakistan and Uzbekistan set their sights on reaching a $2 billion bilateral trade target, Tazeen Akhtar, Senior Journalist and Editor, Managing Director at Pakistan in the World<\/em>, has outlined a focused three-point strategy to help both countries move beyond traditional diplomacy and embrace actionable trade development.<\/p>\n

Akhtar\u2019s framework, centered on Incentives, Initiatives, and Insight, calls for a more dynamic and people-focused approach to bilateral engagement. \u201cTrade is not just about policies\u2014it\u2019s about people, partnerships, and planning,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

To promote incentives, Akhtar recommends that Pakistanis be encouraged to travel to key Uzbek cities such as Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Termez. He believes cultural exposure and tourism can play a vital role in strengthening trust and mutual understanding. \u201cWhen citizens interact, businesses follow,\u201d he noted, adding that increased visits can open the door to broader commercial and educational exchanges.<\/p>\n

On initiatives, Akhtar urges both governments to move toward establishing joint ventures in sectors such as agriculture, industry, information technology, and education. \u201cEngagement on the ground through joint ventures will bring real economic benefits,\u201d he said. He further suggested that Pakistani stakeholders must be actively involved in the process, encouraging a sense of ownership and continuity.<\/p>\n

With a touch of wit, Akhtar remarked that when Uzbek officials pronounce \u201cPakistan\u201d as \u201cPokiston,\u201d they should continue \u201cpoking\u201d their decision-makers to expand their international outlook. \u201cMany policymakers limit their focus to countries like the U.S., UK, Germany, France, China, Turkiye, KSA, UAE, and Qatar. It\u2019s time to remind them that there are other equally important trade partners in the region\u2014starting with Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Focusing on insight, Akhtar recommended engagement with influential chambers of commerce that represent large-scale enterprises\u2014not only local shopkeepers or traders. These institutions, he believes, can drive real change if properly consulted and included. Sectoral mapping, he stressed, is essential to identify high-impact areas for cooperation.<\/p>\n

He highlighted defense, agriculture, and education\u2014especially medical education\u2014as priority sectors for future collaboration. \u201cUzbekistan\u2019s wheat, for example, has never made its way to Pakistan, despite being a closer and potentially more cost-effective source than countries like Australia, Russia, or Ukraine,\u201d Akhtar pointed out.<\/p>\n

In the realm of education, he sees a particularly promising future in medical education exchange programs, suggesting institutional partnerships and student exchanges as ways to strengthen soft power and long-term goodwill.<\/p>\n

Akhtar\u2019s proposals underscore the urgency for both countries to modernize their economic diplomacy and diversify their partnerships. As regional connectivity becomes increasingly important in a changing global trade landscape, experts believe such practical and creative strategies could be the key to realizing the $2 billion goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senior Journalist Tazeen Akhtar Proposes Strategic Vision to Achieve $2 Billion Trade Between Pakistan and Uzbekistan Islamabad: As Pakistan and Uzbekistan set their sights on reaching a $2 billion bilateral trade target, Tazeen Akhtar, Senior Journalist and Editor, Managing Director at Pakistan in the World, has outlined a focused three-point strategy to help both countries …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8145"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8152,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145\/revisions\/8152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}