Sixty years of friendship, US$13 million of trade: can the Islamabad agreements change Maldives-Pakistan ties?
President Muizzu’s October 2026 state visit to Pakistan ended with 20 agreements and a pledge to lift trade from US$13 million to US$200 million in two years. Using 35 years of UN trade data and Pakistan’s English and Urdu press, GMM asks why trade stayed small and what it would take to grow.
By Fathimath Saairaa