Overview
- Pakistan will ship 143,000 tonnes of halal meat to Tajikistan under an agreement valued at $14.5 million.
- Officials say exports have commenced, with the Special Investment Facilitation Council facilitating the arrangement.
- The government is implementing its new halal export policy through a three-year strategy that tasks committees with upgrading slaughterhouse standards, international certification and cold storage.
- Authorities project improved facilitation could lift Pakistan–Tajikistan trade toward $300 million in the coming years.
- Complementary steps include an education exchange MoU with Tajikistan and recent collaboration agreements with Brazil across livestock, dairy and meat sectors.