Pakistan, Feb. 11 -- Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday termed the granting of a commercial licence to Raqami Islamic Digital Bank a major milestone in Pakistan's evolving financial sector and a significant step toward deepening Pakistan-Kuwait bilateral economic cooperation. Addressing the concluding session of the licensing ceremony, the prime minister said that strong political relations must be complemented by robust economic engagement, stressing that sustainable partnerships cannot flourish without trade, investment, and financial collaboration.

"Pakistan and Kuwait are brotherly countries bound by decades of strong cultural, political, and people-to-people relations," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, adding, "It ...