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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Caretaker Commerce Minister Gohar Ejaz arrived in Saudi Arabia for the finalization of investment-related chapter of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the Pakistani commerce ministry said on Saturday.
Pakistan and the six-member GCC bloc signed a framework agreement to discuss the FTA in August 2004 but only a few rounds of negotiations took place in subsequent years. However, the GCC and Pakistan resumed the discussions in 2021 after a significantly long…