{"id":26743,"date":"2025-03-21T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26743"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:48:30","slug":"us-committed-to-strengthening-ties-with-pakistan-ms-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=26743","title":{"rendered":"US committed to strengthening ties with Pakistan, Ms. Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG-20250321-WA0084-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting US Ambassador Ms. Natalie Baker Calls on Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting with Ms. Natalie Baker, Charge d\u2019Affaires and Acting US Ambassador to Pakistan, who called on the Minister at the Finance Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting focused on matters of mutual interest, including avenues for enhancing economic cooperation and increasing US investment in Pakistan\u2019s priority sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the discussion, the Finance Minister briefed Ms. Baker on the government\u2019s macroeconomic reform agenda, in line with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s vision for structural reforms and export-led economic growth. He highlighted key initiatives being undertaken to improve economic efficiency and ensure sustainable and inclusive growth, including privatization, tax reforms, energy sector restructuring, and rightsizing of the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Natalie Baker commended Pakistan\u2019s economic progress and its commitment to implementing necessary but challenging structural reforms. She acknowledged the country\u2019s resilience and the measures taken to strengthen the foundation for long-term economic stability. She reiterated the US Administration\u2019s commitment to fostering a strong bilateral relationship with Pakistan, with a particular emphasis on deepening economic cooperation and expanding investment opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening economic ties and exploring new areas of collaboration to advance shared economic goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting US Ambassador Ms. Natalie Baker Calls on Finance and Revenue Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb Islamabad : Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, held a meeting with&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13],"tags":[2383,2104,1212],"class_list":["post-26743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-main-stories","tag-federal-minister-for-finance-pakistan","tag-us-charge-d-affairs-to-pakistan","tag-usa-embassy-islamabad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26745,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26743\/revisions\/26745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}