{"id":12774,"date":"2025-10-18T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/18\/uk-pakistan-ties-gain-momentum\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:36:28","slug":"uk-pakistan-ties-gain-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/10\/18\/uk-pakistan-ties-gain-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Pakistan Ties Gain Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Islamabad on 17 October 2025, UK High Commissioner <strong>Jane Marriott<\/strong> met with State Minister for Finance and Railways <strong>Bilal Azhar Kiani<\/strong> at the Finance Ministry. The delegation accompanying the High Commissioner included senior government adviser <strong>Matt Clancy<\/strong>, and the talks focused on strengthening bilateral engagement and practical cooperation to support Pakistan&#8217;s economic agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Officials discussed measures to bolster macroeconomic development and explored areas where UK support can complement Pakistan&#8217;s reform priorities. <em>UK Pakistan ties<\/em> were described as increasingly constructive, with both sides examining collaboration opportunities that align with Pakistan\u2019s efforts to convert economic stability into sustainable growth under the vision set by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>State Minister Bilal Azhar Kiani outlined plans to accelerate the modernization of Pakistan Railways, emphasizing efforts to upgrade services and infrastructure to meet contemporary needs. The minister said the government is moving swiftly to equip Pakistan Railways with modern facilities as part of broader transport and development objectives.<\/p>\n<p>High Commissioner Jane Marriott welcomed the widening cooperation and both leaders pledged to maintain close communication to deepen practical partnership. The meeting reaffirmed a mutual commitment to keep advancing UK Pakistan ties through continued dialogue and targeted economic projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Pakistan ties deepen as High Commissioner Jane Marriott meets State Minister Bilal Azhar Kiani to boost economic cooperation and rail modernization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}