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title: "PM Shehbaz urges expanded cooperation with Russia in trade and energy"
description: "Most outlets led with the call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for expanded Pakistan-Russia cooperation in trade, investment, and energy. Business Recorder added that the discussion occurred during a visit by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, while Profit noted that high-level meetings were held with both civilian and military leadership."
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# PM Shehbaz urges expanded cooperation with Russia in trade and energy

business · updated 14 Oct 2026, 11:24 PM PKT · 14 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the call by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for expanded Pakistan-Russia cooperation in trade, investment, and energy. Business Recorder added that the discussion occurred during a visit by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, while Profit noted that high-level meetings were held with both civilian and military leadership.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Profit** — [PM Shehbaz calls for expanding Pakistan-Russia trade, investment and energy ties](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/14/pm-shehbaz-calls-for-expanding-pakistan-russia-trade-investment-and-energy-ties) · 14 Oct 2026, 11:24 PM PKT
  > Prime minister urges greater economic cooperation as visiting Russian interior minister holds high-level meetings with civilian and military leadership
- **Business Recorder** — [PM Shehbaz calls for expanded trade, energy ties with Russia](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444203/pm-shehbaz-calls-for-expanded-trade-energy-ties-with-russia) · 14 Oct 2026, 9:40 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for broadening Pakistan-Russia cooperation in trade and investment, energy, and economic development, as visiting Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev held a series of high-level meetings in the federal capital and Rawalpindi. Receiving Kolokoltsev, the prime minister welcomed the positive momentum in bilateral relations and said both countries...

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