{"id":9596,"date":"2026-08-05T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9596"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:49:16","slug":"pakistan-and-iran-agree-to-increase-bilateral-trade-volume-to-10-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=9596","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan and Iran Agree to Increase Bilateral Trade Volume to $10 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Islamabad:<\/strong> Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance their bilateral trade volume to <strong>$10 billion<\/strong>, marking a significant development in economic cooperation between the two neighboring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement was reached during the <strong>10th meeting of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Trade Committee<\/strong> held in Islamabad. The meeting was jointly chaired by Pakistan\u2019s Commerce Minister <strong>Jam Kamal Khan<\/strong> and Iran\u2019s Minister of Industry and Trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Ministry of Commerce, the three-day discussions focused on key areas including trade, investment, and economic cooperation. Technical committees will continue working to ensure the swift implementation of the decisions agreed upon during the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said that important progress was made regarding the framework of the trade agreement between Pakistan and Iran and mechanisms for reducing tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both countries also agreed to further strengthen business-to-business relations, expand and improve the barter trade system, and promote greater economic interaction between their private sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two sides agreed to accelerate the process for opening the <strong>Chidgi-Kohak border market<\/strong> and decided to establish joint committees for the effective management of joint border markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest developments are aimed at increasing regional trade, improving economic connectivity, and enhancing cooperation between Pakistan and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance their bilateral trade volume to $10 billion, marking a significant development in economic cooperation between the two..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/439454_3482794_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9598,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9596\/revisions\/9598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}