Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations

[5][6] Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev bought and sent more than 300 thousand ampoules of plague inoculation to Pakistan at his own expense.

In the following period, especially in recent years, very good relations have been established between Pakistan and Azerbaijan.The agreement on defense and military cooperation between countries was concluded in 2002.

In the same year, another meeting between President Heydar Aliyev and Pervez Musharraf took place in Istanbul at the summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization.

[10] In September 2003, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev met with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf.

The Declaration emphasizes the importance of historical and cultural ties, strengthening parliamentary dialogue and cooperation, establishment of peace, stability and development in these regions and et cetera.

[15][16] In February 2025, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Azerbaijan for a two-day trip to strengthen bilateral ties.

[17] During the visit, Azerbaijan pledged a $2 billion investment in infrastructure, energy, and mining, with formal agreements expected in April 2025.

An MoU between Nakhchivan and Lahore was also signed to boost cooperation in culture, tourism, and education, further strengthening ties between the two countries.

[18][19] In autumn 1995, the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of trade and economy and a protocol on the establishment of a joint commission at the state level.

[22] In November 2017, the Pakistani Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city of Karachi announced the desire of entrepreneurs to make a contribution into a free economic zone (FEZ) in the Azerbaijani village of Alyat.

[26] Additionally, in the future, Pakistan could get upper hand in Azerbaijani domestic market by exporting sports goods, leather industry, pharmaceutical, energy, production of lightweight agriculture equipment.

[33] [34] In October 2016 President Aliyev and PM Nawaz Sharif confirmed plans to carry out joint military exercises.

[2] In addition, Pakistan is a member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference[44] on Aggressive Measures[45] of the Republic of Armenia, directed against Azerbaijan.

On September 16, 2022, when Ilham Aliyev and Shahbaz Sharif met in Samarkand, they expressed their satisfaction with the development of bilateral relations.

The Foundation also issued funds for the construction water supply scheme in Dera Ismail Khan District and arranged free treatment at different hospitals in Peshawar city.

Moreover, the stipends of more than 30 deserving students of 12 Pakistani universities and the Rara Girls School are paid by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

During the inauguration of the "20 January Martyrs Fountain" in Gujarkhan, Punjab province and 500 packages of blood were donated to the Thalassemia Center of Pakistan's Sweet Home (Bait-ul-Mal) organization.

On April 8, 2015, victims of flood disasters during the October month of 2014 in the rural areas of the various cities of Pakistan provided with humanitarian aids by Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AİDA).

In 2004, in the city of Islamabad, in two languages – English and Urdu, the book "On the works of the prominent Azerbaijani thinker Jalil Mammadguluzadeh" was published.

Azerbaijan, led by Ilham Aliyev, rendered assistance to the affected country by a material amount of one and a half million dollars.

On the initiative of the chairman of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, in the rural area of Rara, in the city of Muzaffarabad, construction of a secondary school on a modern model had begun.

The flag of Pakistan with flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The 14th-century Multani Caravanserai in Baku, Azerbaijan, was built to house visiting Multani merchants in the city.