IPakistan ibheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuxazulula ukuhwebelana neRussia ngama-ruble noma ama-yuan, uMongameli wePakistan Trade Association uZahid Ali Khan etshela izintatheli ngomhlaka-27.
U-Ali Khan uthe, "Sisalungisa ukuhwebelana ngamadola aseMelika, okuyinkinga ...... Sicabanga ukusebenzisa ama-ruble noma ama-yuan, kodwa udaba alukanqunywa ekugcineni."
Uthe imakethe yasePakistan inentshisekelo yokuhlinzekwa kwemikhiqizo yaseRussia, okuhlanganisa nemikhiqizo yamakhemikhali neyemithi. U-Ali Khan wachaza, “Sibona amathuba amahle okuthuthukiswa kobudlelwano baseRussia-Pakistan. Ikakhulukazi, yiqiniso, (iPakistan inesithakazelo) kumakhemikhali aseRussia, imikhiqizo yezobuchwepheshe, iphepha ...... Sidinga imithi. Lezi yizinkinga okusetshenzwa ngazo."
NgoMashi kulo nyaka, i-Islamabad neMoscow kubikwa ukuthi zafinyelela izivumelwano zohwebo ezibalulekile ezindabeni ezinjengokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe amathani ayizigidi ezimbili zikakolweni negesi. NgoFebhuwari, owayenguNdunankulu wasePakistan ngaleso sikhathi u-Imran Khan wahlangana noMongameli waseRussia u-Vladimir Putin ukuze baxoxe ngokunwetshwa kobudlelwano bokuhwebelana phakathi kwamazwe amabili. Laba bobabili baphinde baxoxisana ngepayipi legesi iPakistan Stream osekunesikhathi libambezeleka, ipayipi elingamakhilomitha angu-1,100 (amamayela angu-683) okwavunyelwana ngalo ngo-2015 ukuthi lakhiwe yizinkampani zasePakistan naseRussia. Lo msebenzi uxhaswe yiMoscow kanye ne-Islamabad futhi uzokwakhiwa osonkontileka baseRussia.