{"id":13907,"date":"2025-07-17T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13907"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:04:23","slug":"ishaq-dar-to-visit-kabul-to-sign-tri-nation-uap-rail-feasibility-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13907","title":{"rendered":"Ishaq Dar to visit Kabul to sign tri-nation UAP rail feasibility pact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is visiting Kabul on Thursday to sign a trilateral agreement on a joint feasibility study for the Uzbekistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan (UAP) Railway Project.<\/p>\n<p>Dar is accompanied by federal railways minister Muhammad\u202fHanif\u202fAbbasi, the special assistant to the prime minister on Afghanistan Mohammad\u202fSadiq, and the secretary of the ministry of railways Syed\u202fMazhar\u202fAli\u202fShah, according to a statement by the Foreign Office.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0a PR No2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3\/2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>Curtain Raiser: Deputy Prime Minister\/ Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar to Visit Afghanistan for Signing of Framework Agreement on Joint Feasibility Study of UAP Railway Project<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd17\u2b07\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/2IHO0Qwyiy pic.twitter.com\/lgrfPbZEq1<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) July 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The UAP railway initiative aims to link Uzbekistan with Pakistani seaports via Afghanistan, creating a transit corridor that could transform regional trade and deepen connectivity between Central and South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Pakistan, Afghanistan trade hits $1b in first half of 2025<\/p>\n<p>The signing of the Framework Agreement on Joint Feasibility Study marks a key milestone in the project\u2019s development, and reflects Pakistan\u2019s stated commitment to regional infrastructure and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>During his one-day visit, Dar is also scheduled to meet Afghanistan\u2019s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and will call on the country\u2019s acting Prime Minister. Talks are expected to cover bilateral relations, regional connectivity, and broader international developments.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in a phone call last month, Dar and Muttaqi reaffirmed their commitment to the UAP Railway Project and described it as key to unlocking regional connectivity. They also agreed to expedite work on the project\u2019s framework agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Muttaqi welcomed Pakistan\u2019s move to elevate diplomatic relations with Kabul and said Afghanistan would reciprocate, calling the decision a \u201cpositive development\u201d in rebuilding bilateral trust.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is visiting Kabul on Thursday to sign a trilateral agreement on a joint feasibility study for the Uzbekistan\u2013Afghanistan\u2013Pakistan (UAP) Railway Project. Dar is accompanied by federal railways minister Muhammad\u202fHanif\u202fAbbasi, the special assistant to the prime minister on Afghanistan Mohammad\u202fSadiq, and the secretary of the ministry of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}