Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): Pakistan Journal of International Affairs
Articles

ROLE OF PAKISTAN AND ITS TRADE POLICY WITH REFERENCE TO ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

Published 2021-03-28

Abstract

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) holds a distinctive geostrategic site, joining the West and the East. The area is largely popular due to its economic potential, dynamic and productive human resource, unmatchable natural resources, and potential for development which call for looking at in the improved attention of all associated nations. This is the region where Muslims are majority, having the approximate population of 488 million (6% of world’s total population). Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are the founder members of the regional community. The basic ideology upon which ECO region was established is to uphold economic, technical and cultural support between the Member States