Tazeen Akhtar with Camera Raja Ghulam Farid
Africa is the continent of today and Pakistan is serious to truely implement “Engage Africa Policy” to fill the gaps, explore the avenues of close cooperation and build meaningful economic partnerships with this promising continent at bilateral as well as multilateral levels.
This consensus was built during the significant event ” Business Africa Forum – Shaping Tomorrow Together” hosted jointly by Amb. Hamid Ali Khan, Additional Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Usman Shaukat, President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry at Hotel Movenpick on 02 Oct 2025.
Coordinator to Prime Minister of Commerce and Industries Rana Ihsan Afzal Khan was the chief guest at the occasion. He assured business community of full support to access Africa through Trade Investment Officers (commercial attaches) in 13 Pakistani mission in the Continent of Today.
Additional Secretary MOFA , Hamid Asghar Khan and Chairman Pakistan-Africa Institute for Development & Research (PAIDAR) Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, also addressed the participants who included members of RCCI, envoys and diplomats from all African missions in Islamabad, business representatives from different organizations, media persons and civil society.
Coordinator to Prime Minister on Tourism , Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan also graced the event with his presence for a while. In his address, he shed light on the tourims potential present in between Pakistan and Africa but needs to be tapped.
As Mushahid Hussain Syed said the enovys from A to Z were present. They included Ambassadors of Algeria,Libya, Rwanda, Sudan,Somalia, Zimbabwe, DHMs of Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa.
The Ambassadors and Deputy Heads of Missions screned their presentations highlighting the sectors in which the sides can move forward. They pointed out the gaps that should be filled for fast growth in economic partnerships.
