ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has directed relevant authorities to remove export bottlenecks and facilitate shipments of surplus commodities while ensuring adequate domestic supplies and price stability.
Dar issued the directives on Monday while chairing a meeting to review the supply and demand of essential commodities, market conditions and opportunities to access international markets.
According to an official statement, participants discussed ways to maintain sufficient supplies in the domestic market, stabilise prices and facilitate trade.
The deputy prime minister directed all concerned authorities to take practical measures to address constraints and enable exports of surplus commodities without disrupting domestic availability.
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 federal and provincial officials.
Pakistan’s Seafood Exports Reach Record $568 Million
Separately, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said Pakistan’s seafood exports reached a record $568 million in the financial year 2025-26, including $62 million from shrimp exports.
He added that seafood exports totalled $125.4 million in the first quarter of the current financial year.
Junaid Chaudhry called for a comprehensive and sustainable value chain to turn aquaculture and shrimp farming into export-oriented industries and increase foreign exchange earnings.
Government Plans Integrated Shrimp Value Chain
Chairing the first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Subcommittee on Aquaculture and Shrimp Value Chain, the minister stressed the need for coordinated efforts to increase production, improve quality and strengthen Pakistan’s competitiveness in international markets.
He said the subcommittee would work to establish an integrated system covering shrimp production, processing, quality testing and access to overseas markets.
The minister also noted that a substantial share of Pakistan’s seafood exports still comes from wild-caught marine resources. He said developing shrimp farming could provide a more organised and sustainable source of production.
The proposed measures aim to strengthen Pakistan’s seafood industry, expand export opportunities and boost foreign exchange earnings.
