Pakistan’s agricultural trade with the United Arab Emirates stands at a critical juncture. Accounting for 6% to 7% of the UAE's total fruit and vegetable imports-a trade volume exceeding US$150 million annually-Pakistan remains a key supplier of essential staples like onions and potatoes. However, relying on high-volume shipments of raw commodities through traditional wholesale markets is a vulnerable long-term strategy. To secure higher margins and build lasting trade resilience, Pakistani exporters must pivot aggressively from basic supply to strict food safety, traceability, and sanitary compliance. Why is Pakistani Produce Facing Increasing Import Rejections in the UAE? For years, the export pipeline from Pakistan to the Gulf region relied on proximity and bulk pricing rather than meticulous quality controls. Today, UAE regulatory authorities are raising the baseline for imported food products, focusing heavily on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) compliance. Pakistani shipment...
Pakistan on Wednesday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) following Israeli strikes in Qatari capital Doha, which targeted Hamas leadership.
With Tuesday’s strikes, Israel is expanding military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state, where the Palestinian group has long had its political base. Qatar, which has acted as a mediator alongside Egypt in talks on a ceasefire in the almost two-year-old conflict in Gaza, condemned the attack as “cowardly” and called it a flagrant violation of international law.
In a post on X, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar wrote that Pakistan requested the meeting along with Somalia and Algeria, after “unprovoked illegal Israeli aggression” in Qatar to “discuss the situation and seize itself of this grave matter”.
“Pakistan expresses its complete solidarity and firm support with the government and brotherly people of Qatar,” Dar wrote.
Our enemies are not safe anywhere’: Israel
Meanwhile, Israel warned its enemies they were not safe anywhere a day after the strikes, which drew a rare rebuke from United States President Donald Trump.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed that “Israel’s long arm will act against its enemies anywhere”, following Tuesday’s deadly attack on the Gulf state, which hosts a large US military base and has spearheaded repeated rounds of Gaza truce efforts.
“There is no place where they can hide,” Katz wrote on X, adding: “Everyone who took part in the October 7 massacre will be held fully accountable,” referring to Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the nearly two-year Gaza war.
Russia and China joined an international chorus of condemnation, with Moscow saying the operation undermined peace efforts in the Middle East.
Germany, one of Israel’s staunchest supporters, has taken note of those proposals targeting Israel and will participate in a dialogue about future measures, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said today.
Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.
Of the 251 hostages seized during the assault, 47 remain in Gaza, including 25 the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 64,656 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to figures from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza that the UN considers reliable.
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