Pak-China B2B cooperation opens up new avenues for growth: Haroon

Haroon Akhtar Khan, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, told Business Recorder that recent business-to-business engagements between Pakistan and China have widened the scope for growth across both countries. He made the remarks while presiding over a high-level session in Islamabad on Monday, which reviewed progress on existing memoranda and their execution.

According to the meeting, B2B contacts have produced notable progress on several MoUs and joint ventures, collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars across different industries. Senior officials from ministries, departments, state institutions and stakeholder groups attended the session. The government says it is determined to turn these ties into investment, shared manufacturing, technology transfer and higher exports.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has asked officials to turn these accords into tangible schemes that can be put into action. The adviser argued that signing documents alone falls short, and that real success depends on practical steps and launching investments and joint ventures. He called the lithium-ion battery, agriculture and pharmaceutical engagements an exceptional, historic development, and ordered continuous monitoring of every MoU.