Pakistan imports crude and refined cooking oils (palm and palm olein) mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia and brings in soybean oil from North America and Brazil.
Council of Ministers (COM) is the policy making forum of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) that approves the decisions and annual work plan of the organization.
26th edition held on 23 January 2023.
Venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Pakistan represented: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly stood dissolved on 18 January 2023 as Governor Haji Ghulam Ali signed and approved Chief Minister Mahmood Khan’s summary for the dissolution of the provincial legislature.
The government on November 3, 2020 signed a $2 million grant agreement with the Asian Development Bank to strengthen efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The grant financed from the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund will help provide life-saving medical supplies, diagnostic and laboratory facilities and other critical equipment for communities affected by the pandemic.
Economic Affairs Division Secretary Noor Ahmed and ADB Country Director for Pakistan Xiaohong Yang signed the agreement.
