Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has expressed Pakistan's desire for joint collaboration with Bahrain in diverse sectors including agriculture, IT and fishing.

Addressing a Pak-Bahrain conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said that National Centre for Brand Development is being established in order to help the Small and Medium Enterprises to globally project the domestic products. 

The Minister emphasized the need of bolstering the export volume of country in order to sustain the growth of economy as exports will also ensure the revenue streams of dollars in order to avoid the current account deficit.

Ahsan Iqbal urged businessmen to strive hard to capture the International markets by bringing quality into their products.