Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has told relevant authorities to take practical steps to clear obstacles and make it easier to export surplus commodities, while keeping domestic supplies adequate and prices stable. He issued the instructions on Monday while chairing a meeting in Islamabad.
The session examined domestic supply and demand for essential goods, current market conditions, and openings in international markets. According to an official statement, participants also discussed how to keep essential items available at home, maintain price stability and facilitate trade.
Officials ordered to remove export constraints
Dar directed all concerned authorities to act on practical steps that remove constraints and ease exports of surplus goods. The meeting was attended by the ministers for national food security and research and climate change, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Bajwa, the secretaries of commerce and national food security and research, and senior officials from federal and provincial departments.
Seafood exports reach record levels
Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry earlier said Pakistan’s seafood exports hit a record $568 million in the 2025-26 financial year. Of that, shrimp accounted for $62 million, while seafood shipments reached $125.4 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
Chaudhry called for a comprehensive and sustainable value chain that would turn aquaculture and shrimp farming into an export-focused industry and lift foreign exchange earnings. Chairing the first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Subcommittee on Aquaculture and Shrimp Value Chain, he stressed coordinated action to raise output, improve quality and strengthen competitiveness abroad.
He said the subcommittee would build an integrated system spanning shrimp production, processing, quality testing and access to global markets. He also noted that a large share of seafood exports still came from wild-caught marine resources, making organised, sustainable shrimp farming a priority.
