High Commissioner Saleem Calls for Deeper Pakistan Canada Economic Partnership
Toronto : High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada Muhammad Saleem delivered a keynote address at the historic Albany Club in Toronto, engaging a distinguished audience comprising Canadian legislators, business executives, and policy influencers.
The event provided a timely platform to highlight the low-hanging opportunities and vast potential for expanding bilateral economic cooperation between Pakistan and Canada, particularly with Canada’s political and business communities.
The high commissioner underscored the significant untapped potential for strengthening Pakistan–Canada trade and investment relations. He highlighted Pakistan’s competitive and promising investment sectors, including mining and minerals, IT-enabled services, clean energy, and infrastructure development.
Emphasizing Pakistan’s economic diplomacy initiatives, Muhammad Saleem outlined the country’s strategic geographic location, describing Pakistan as a natural bridge connecting Central Asia, South Asia, the Gulf States, and global markets through the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. He also pointed to growing prospects for Canadian enterprises to engage across multiple sectors in Pakistan, particularly in line with the Canadian government’s economic diversification drive.
Sharing geopolitical perspectives, the high commissioner stressed that sustainable peace in South Asia is critical for long-term regional prosperity. He reiterated Pakistan’s principled stance on the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India, recalling Canada’s first-ever United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed Kashmir region in 1949. He emphasized the need for a peaceful resolution of the dispute through the implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions, which call for a free and fair plebiscite to allow the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir to determine their future.
The event was also addressed by Hon. Zee Hamid, MPP and Associate Solicitor General of the Government of Ontario, and Hon. former MP Bryon Wilfert, Chair of the Canada-Pakistan Business Council, who shared their perspectives with the participants.
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