Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan sign bilateral accords to strengthen multi-sectoral ties

According to Business Recorder, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan formalised a batch of cooperation documents on Wednesday, touching on commerce, defence, schooling, ecology and tech. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov oversaw the event, where officials swapped documents that had been signed earlier. Sharif had flown in for a three-day visit to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Council of Heads of State.

Among the instruments, the two foreign ministries agreed a cooperation programme covering 2026 to 2027, and the countries finalised accords on transit trade and science and technology. They also agreed an extradition treaty while a draft pact on legal cooperation in criminal cases was formulated. Interior ministries signed a memorandum against drug smuggling, covering narcotics, psychotropic substances and precursor chemicals.

Smaller tie-ups set up a sister city link between Lahore and Osh, joined the two chambers of commerce, and brought postal operators and virtual asset bodies into formal cooperation. None of the accords names a company listed on the PSX, so the market link is indirect.