Pakistan–Philippines relations

Pakistan-Philippines relations

Pakistan
Philippines

Pakistan–Philippines relations refers to bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Philippines. Pakistan has an embassy in Manila,[1] and the Philippines has an embassy in Islamabad.[2]

Bilateral trade between the two countries in 2006 was around US$70 million.[3] With Philippine imports from Pakistan worth more than US$42.3 million, mostly including garments and pharmaceutical drugs. Philippine exports to Pakistan are valued at about US$28.8 million in 2006. Pakistan-Philippines Business Council was created to promote trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.[4]

Migration

There are around 3,000 Filipinos working as domestic helpers in Pakistan. Around 60 religious students from Mindanao also study at various Islamic seminary of Pakistan.[5] In 2005, up to 1,000 Pakistanis also lived in the Philippines.[6]

There is also a large expatriate population of both overseas Filipino and overseas Pakistanis in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. And as such there is a significant social contact between the Pakistani and Filipino people in Middle Eastern countries.

Defense cooperation

Pakistan is fighting a guerrilla war against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and so is the Philippines fighting an insurgency war against MILF, both the countries therefore face a common terrorism threat. Pakistan and the Philippines have signed a memorandum of understanding serving as a "legal framework to facilitate cooperation and inter-operability between the security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the two countries".[7]

Bilateral visit

In 2005, then-President Pervez Musharraf was the first Pakistani head of state officially to visit the Philippines, hosted by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.[8]

Helicopter crash in Pakistan

On 8 May 2015, the Philippine Ambassador Domingo Lucenario, Jr. was killed in an Helicopter crash.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Embassy of Pakistan in Philippines.
  2. ↑ Embassy of Philippines in Pakistan
  3. ↑ Why Pakistan matters to the Philippines
  4. ↑ Pakistan-Philippines Business Council
  5. ↑ Why Pakistan matters to the Philippines
  6. ↑ Yearbook 2004-2005 Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Labour, Manpower & Overseas Pakistanis (Overseas Pakistanis Division)
  7. ↑ Philippines, Pakistan agree to boost intelligence cooperation
  8. ↑ Philippines, Pakistan agree to boost intelligence cooperation
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