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614: 32: 1580: 570: 1875: 126: 51: 1904: 1863: 996: 1887: 62: 369: 225:) in competition with the Portuguese and British. This trading post however lasted only eight years, as it was not a commercial success. Several trading missions followed, among which a well documented one in 1757, led by merchants Wolphert Abraham Brahe and Nicolaas Mahue. After this a long period of decline in economic relations set in. Just before World War II, the Royal Dutch Airlines 150:
particular in the areas of water management/environment, education and governance. In 2011, the Dutch government decided to terminate the structural development projects and shift the focus to trade relations. Since 2004, the Netherlands has hosted more than 100 junior diplomats of Pakistan who were educated and obtained degrees from the
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established bilateral relations soon after the independence of Pakistan. The Dutch Embassy opened in Karachi in 1955 and shifted to Islamabad ten years later. Pakistan soon became a partner country for the Netherlands, receiving substantial Development Cooperation funds from the 1960s onwards, in
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Economic relations date back to the 17th century, when the Dutch East India Company established a small trading post in Thatta, Sindh. In March, 1652, Pieter de Bie sailed with his ship to Sindh and set up a trading post
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started to operate a hotel in Karachi, called Midway hotel, as this city was halfway between Amsterdam and Jakarta/Indonesia (the former Dutch colony). The hotel still exists as the Ramada Plaza Karachi Airport Hotel.
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set up operations in Karachi, which subsequently developed into a manufacturing unit. Around the same time
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The Dutch Est India Company (VOC) and Diewel-Sind (Pakistan) in the 17th and 18th Centuries
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Consulates of Pakistan and the Netherlands in their respective countries:
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Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael
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Magazine article from Economic Review, Vol. 21, No. 4
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opened a company representative branch in Pakistan (
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Map indicating locations of Netherlands and Pakistan
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Pakistan
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Pakistan
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Lahore
The Hague

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Netherlands
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Karachi
Sindh
Balochistan Province
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