ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke on the phone with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan late last night and discussed regional and global developments.
During the telephonic conversation, the two leaders discussed bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest, said a statement issued by the Foreign Office on Friday.
The two sides also reviewed recent regional global developments, and agreed to stay closely engaged.
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 spoke on the phone late last night with the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister of UAE, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan @ABZayed.
The two leaders discussed bilateral & multilateral issues of… pic.twitter.com/J4eRpFAFOj
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) October 24, 2025
A day earlier, Pakistan’s Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Shaikh held important meetings with senior leadership and investment officials of the United Arab Emirates on the sidelines of the World Investment Conference 2025 in Sharjah.
During the meetings, both sides discussed ways to further strengthen investment and economic relations between Pakistan and the UAE, explore new avenues for foreign direct investment, and promote sustainable economic collaboration.
The minister highlighted the recent reform initiatives of the Board of Investment and the Special Investment Facilitation Council.
Pakistan and the UAE last Friday signed a landmark agreement for the privatisation of the First Women Bank Limited (FWBL) under the government-to-government (G2G) investment framework.
The UAE is Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner after China and the United States, and a major source of foreign investment, valued at over $10 billion in the last 20 years, according to the UAE foreign ministry.
It is also home to more than a million Pakistani expatriates who send back more than $5 billion in remittances to the South Asian country annually.
