Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov in Bishkek on Wednesday, where the two leaders signed multiple memoranda of understanding and pledged to raise bilateral trade from its current level of around $16 million to $200 million annually. Sharif described the existing trade volume as inadequate relative to the strength of the two countries' relations, and outlined plans spanning transit trade, energy cooperation, and cross-border investment. The agreements include a transit trade accord aimed at improving regional logistics and a commitment to advance the CASA-1000 electricity project (a Central and South Asia power transmission initiative linking Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan), underscoring both governments' ambitions to deepen connectivity between South and Central Asia.