{"id":49242,"date":"2019-02-14T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T07:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=49242"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T07:04:07","slug":"pakistan-ksa-to-discuss-pta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-ksa-to-discuss-pta.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, KSA to discuss PTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan plans to discuss the signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman\u2019s visit to the capital, according to a news source. This move will promote bilateral trade and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pak-ksa-to-sign-major-agreements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coordination<\/a> between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The talks will be initiated during the Prince\u2019s two-day visit to Islamabad starting from February 16. A high-powered business delegation will accompany the royal guest on this trip.<\/p>\n<p>Officials revealed that this PTA will cover tariff and non-tariff barriers, and will aim to diversify Pakistan\u2019s portfolio of exports to the kingdom. If the agreement is signed, KSA will be the second country after Iran to have a formal PTA arrangement with Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Other pertinent issues will also be discussed. These include the ban on shrimp exports to KSA from Pakistan, and the increase in the business visa fee imposed by the Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Pakistan plans to discuss the signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman\u2019s visit to the capital, according to a news source. This move will promote bilateral trade and coordination between the two countries. The talks will be initiated during the Prince\u2019s two-day visit to Islamabad starting from February 16. A high-powered business delegation will accompany the royal guest on this trip. Officials revealed that this PTA will cover tariff and non-tariff barriers, and will aim to diversify Pakistan\u2019s portfolio of exports to the kingdom. If the agreement is signed, KSA will be the second country after Iran to have a formal PTA arrangement with Pakistan. Other pertinent issues will also be discussed. These include the ban on shrimp exports to KSA from Pakistan, and the increase in the business visa fee imposed by the Gulf kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":47155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10480,10481],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-prince-salman","8":"tag-trade-agreements"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan, KSA to discuss PTA - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan plans to discuss the signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), during Saudi Crown Prince\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-ksa-to-discuss-pta.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan, KSA to discuss PTA - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Pakistan plans to discuss the signing of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), during Saudi Crown Prince\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-ksa-to-discuss-pta.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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