ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kuwait will host the Kuwait-Pakistan Business Expo 2025 in Kuwait from Dec. 11 to 13, an event aimed at promoting Pakistani products, attracting investment and strengthening trade cooperation between the two countries, state media reported this week.
Kuwait is already a significant investor in Pakistan’s energy and infrastructure sectors, with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development financing social, water and power projects, while Kuwait Petroleum subsidiary KUFPEC holds stakes in Pakistani gas fields. Trade has also grown steadily: both countries signed an industrial cooperation agreement in May 2024 to expand non-oil sectors and regularly hold Bilateral Political Consultations to review trade, investment and manpower cooperation. Kuwait hosts around 95,000 Pakistani workers, whose remittances are estimated at about $1 billion annually, according to official data.
In May 2025, Kuwait lifted a 19-year visa ban on Pakistani citizens, resuming issuance of work, family, visit, tourist and business visas. The resumption of visas is seen as a major shift in bilateral relations, reopening opportunities for Pakistani expatriates, entrepreneurs, migrant workers and businesses.
