ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani consulate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Tuesday it had collaborated with the Pakistan Business Council Dubai to organize a pre-dawn Ramadan meal in Dubai to promote the Health, Engineering and Minerals Show (HEMS) 2025, scheduled to take place in Pakistan’s Lahore on April 17-19.
The fourth edition of the premier trade exhibition HEMS 2025 will be held at the Expo Center in Lahore that will showcase a wide range of products, including electrical machinery, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, surgical instruments, construction materials, gems, jewelry and sports goods.
During the event in Dubai, Pakistan’s consul-general in the UAE, Hussain Muhammad, urged the UAE-based business leaders to attend the HEMS 2025 trade exhibition to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan, assuring participants of the Pakistani government’s full support in this regard.
“The consulate is here to extend all required assistance and facilitation to the visiting delegates to Pakistan,” he was quoted as saying by the Pakistani consulate.
The UAE is Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner after China and the United States, and a major source of foreign investment valued at over $10 billion in the last 20 years, according to the UAE’s foreign ministry.
Policymakers in Pakistan consider the UAE an optimal export destination due to its geographical proximity, which minimizes transportation and freight costs while facilitating commercial transactions.
Pakistan’s Trade and Investment Counsellor Ali Zeb Khan said the aim of organizing the event in Dubai was to prepare a delegation of buyers and importers to visit Pakistan and participate in the exhibition, organized by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan in collaboration with the Export Development Board.
Shabbir Merchant, chairman of the Pakistan Business Council Dubai, and Vice Chairman Kamran Riyaz also addressed the gathering, underscoring the council’s role in connecting business communities from both countries to participate in HEMS 2025.
They reiterated their commitment to fostering bilateral trade and investment opportunities, while prominent Pakistani businessman Hussain Dawood highlighted the importance of such exhibitions in promoting Pakistan’s export sectors and strengthening economic partnerships.
Pakistan consulate hosts suhoor in Dubai to woo investors to Lahore trade show
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Pakistan consulate hosts suhoor in Dubai to woo investors to Lahore trade show
- The fourth edition of Health, Engineering and Minerals Show will be held at Expo Center in Lahore on April 17-19
- Consul-General Hussain Muhammad assures UAE businessmen of Pakistan’s full support in exploring various opportunities
Suicide bomber kills at least five at wedding in northwest Pakistan
- Attack took place in Dera Ismail Khan, targeting the home of a local peace committee member
- Peace committees are community-based groups that report militant activity to security forces
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed at least five people and wounded 10 others after detonating explosives at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, officials said, in an attack that underscored persistent militant violence in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The blast took place at the home of a local peace committee member in Dera Ismail Khan district, where guests had gathered for a wedding, police and emergency officials said.
Peace committees in the region are informal, community-based groups that work with security forces to report militant activity and maintain order, making their members frequent targets of attacks.
“A blast occurred near Qureshi Moor in Dera Ismail Khan. Authorities have recovered five bodies and shifted 10 injured to hospital,” said Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for the provincial Rescue 1122 emergency service, adding that the rescue operation was ongoing.
Police said the attacker blew himself up inside the house during the ceremony and that the bomber’s head had been recovered, confirming it was a suicide attack.
Several members of the local peace committee were present at the time, raising fears the toll could rise.
District Police Officer Sajjad Ahmed Sahibzada said authorities had launched an investigation into the incident, while security forces sealed off the area.
Militant attacks have surged in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the Taliban returned to power in neighboring
Afghanistan in 2021, with the administration in Islamabad blaming the Afghan government for “facilitating” cross-border attacks targeting Pakistani civilians and security forces. However, Kabul has repeatedly denied the allegation.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has also seen frequent intelligence-based operations by security forces targeting suspected militants.
No group has immediately claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack.
