Pakistan’s Pharma Sector Sets $10 Billion Export Target in Meeting With Aurangzeb
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan’s pharmaceutical industry has set an ambitious target of achieving USD 10 billion in exports.
The development came during a meeting between Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, and a high-level delegation of the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA) led by Chairman Dr. Tahir Azam.
The PPMA unveiled its vision for “PharmEx Pakistan,” a dedicated export promotion platform designed to bring together public and private stakeholders to accelerate sectoral growth and expand international market access.
Senator Aurangzeb praised the industry’s record 34 percent year-on-year export growth and noted that domestic pharmaceutical production has grown by 18 percent, significantly outpacing the global average of 5 percent. He also highlighted the government’s recent regulatory reforms, which have cut product registration timelines from years to weeks, enabling faster market entry for new drugs.
The meeting concluded with a shared commitment between the government and industry to strengthen collaboration, attract investment, and drive export-led growth in Pakistan’s rapidly expanding pharmaceutical sector.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
