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ADB Conference highlights Regional Integration in Digital Era for leveraging Trade for Climate, Health Solutions

Pakistan’s growth potential amid enhanced digital connectivity under CAREC catalytic for climate resilience: Experts

Pak firms eye $7b pharma market of Central Asian region

Source: The Nation – ISLAMABAD  –  Pakistani pharmaceutical company’s representatives held sideline meetings with health ministers and delegations of foreign countries who were attending first ever two-day Global Health Summit held in Islamabad this week. In one of the bilateral meetings on the sidelines, Health Minsiter of Kyr­gyzstan, Alymkadyr Beishenaliev met several Pakistani pharmaceutical rep­resentatives […]

PM stresses global fund to ensure worldwide health security

Source – The Nation – ISLAMABAD  –   Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said new diseases like Covid-19 pandemic and climate induced challenges such as historic floods of 2022 in Pakistan are affecting our citizens’ health and causing social and economic impacts. The prime minister also called for greater international collaboration for global funding and frameworks to […]

Regional cooperation and integration holds great potential for Pakistan’s economic growth and development prospects

ADB CWRC Director Safdar Parvez Safdar Parvez highlighted the opportunities Pakistan can capitalize on from CAREC, including reforms and opening up of Central Asia; improvements in connectivity and trade facilitation; large potential for transit trade and revenue generation; and prospects for peace and stability in Afghanistan.

VIDEO: CAREC and its Vitality for Pakistan

Pakistan has been looking for new ways to overcome trade barriers for trade in Central Asia at the heart of increasing integrated global markets. Sustainable Development Policy Institute invited Asian Development Bank Central and West Asia Department Regional Cooperation and Operations Coordination Director Safdar Parvez to discuss the CAREC Program and the current standing of Pakistan in CAREC.

A sneak peek at CAREC’s new strategy

The new strategy is an important milestone and a collective opportunity to unleash the potential of regional cooperation for Central Asia.

Milestones in CAREC Transport

The 15th CAREC Ministerial Conference unanimously endorsed two strategies to promote safety along CAREC corridors and provide a blueprint for long-term development of CAREC railways.

Off-grid solar can be game-changer for electricity access in Central Asia

More than 700 million people in Asia and the Pacific still have no access to electricity, and a large number of them are in two CAREC Program member countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

CASA-1000: Powering up Central and South Asia

CASA-1000 is a short name for the Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Program. This is the first step towards creating the Regional Electricity Market which will leverage Central Asia's significant energy resources to help alleviate South Asia's energy shortages on a mutually beneficial basis.