Report: ANI
ISLAMABAD –Pakistan and Oman have signed five agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen cooperation in media, information technology, trade, investment and other sectors during the official visit of Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi to Pakistan on October 13–14, 2026.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and the Omani foreign minister co-chaired the 8th Session of the Pakistan–Oman Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC), discussing cooperation in trade, investment, energy, agriculture, workforce mobility, education and technology.
The agreements cover mutual visa exemption for diplomatic, special, official and service passport holders, records and archives, media cooperation, communications and information technology, and news exchange. The document exchange ceremony was held at the Prime Minister’s House in the presence of the prime minister.
Both sides emphasized implementing agreed decisions, promoting business exchanges and strengthening people-to-people ties. They also agreed to hold the 9th JMC session in Muscat next year.
The discussions also covered regional and international developments. The Omani foreign minister appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to promote regional peace, while Ishaq Dar outlined Pakistan’s position on Palestine, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism emanating from Afghanistan, and the Indus Waters Treaty.
