Overview

• Prince Mansour bin Mohammed led a high-level Saudi delegation to the Joint Business Council in Islamabad and pledged full facilitation for Saudi investors.
• Saudi authorities named Prince Mansour to chair the Saudi Business Council, while Pakistan selected Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar to lead its counterpart body.
• Business-to-business engagements were arranged with chambers and firms in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore to scope concrete projects.
• Officials outlined priority opportunities in agriculture, real estate, mining, corporate farming, and oil and gas exploration.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosted the visiting team at a luncheon and urged a pivot from the new defence agreement toward trade, investment, research and innovation.