
Kazakhstan and Pakistan signed a strategic partnership agreement during a state visit by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Islamabad, focusing on transport corridors that would give the landlocked Central Asian nation access to Arabian Sea ports.
Tokayev met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss access to Karachi and Gwadar ports, with both leaders signing 20 agreements covering transport, logistics, mining, healthcare, education and other sectors.