ISLAMABAD: Pakistani business leaders, traders, and investors gathered this week in Virginia for the Pak-US Joint Business Conference and Expo 2025, exploring new opportunities in trade, tourism, IT, and other key sectors as Islamabad seeks to strengthen its economic ties with Washington.
The event was organised by Brain Designer Pakistan, an organization dedicated to promoting Pakistan’s bilateral trade with other countries, and the Rawalpindi Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industries, in collaboration with the US Pakistan International Chamber of Commerce (USPICC).
According to Radio Pakistan, the conference brought together participants from across Pakistan to discuss avenues for expanding trade, investment, and commercial partnerships in the United States.
“The day-long event brought together a good number of Pakistani companies from diverse sectors, including tourism, real estate, textiles, furniture, leather goods, pharmaceuticals & IT, to explore business opportunities and strengthen economic ties between Pakistan and the United States,” Radio Pakistan reported.
The conference was inaugurated by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, who spoke of the potential the US market held for Pakistani businesspersons and investors.
“He praised the efforts of the Pakistani community and local associations, noting the event as a pivotal ‘seed-sowing exercise’ to cultivate enduring bilateral relations,” the state media said.
Sheikh reaffirmed the Pakistan Embassy’s commitment to supporting conference participants and helping them refine their business models to better suit the US market.
In recent months, Pakistan has been working to strengthen trade and investment relations with the United States as it seeks to deepen engagement with President Donald Trump’s administration.
Islamabad aims to foster closer economic, trade, and investment cooperation with Washington as part of its broader efforts to overcome a prolonged economic downturn that has led to a balance of payments crisis and strained the country’s financial resources.
