Pakistan Customs has decided in principle to make Azakhel Dry Port operational by January 15, 2016 while the current dry port of Peshawar Cantonment will also remain operative. The decision was taken during a visit of Collector Customs, Peshawar, Qurban Ali Khan along with Additional Collectors, Aftab Haider, Syed Fazal Samad, Adeem Khan and Deputy Collector, Dry Port, Zakir Khan.
On this occasion, DCO Pakistan Railways, Omar Riaz, chairman, Frontier Customs Agents Group Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi and other members were also present. Speaking on the occasion, Qurban Ali Khan said that they were very much serious about Azakhel Dry Port and his visit was a proof of it. He termed Azakhel Dry Port better than the Peshawar Cantonment Dry Port in.
DCO Pakistan Railways Omar Riaz said that the site of the port was presently with World Food Programme (WFP) and would be handed over to Pakistan Railways by the end of this month. Riaz said that PR was also keen in operationalising the dry port, but the site also has some infrastructure-related problems. In this connection, he said that a PC-I had already been prepared. However, Pakistan Customs and Pakistan Railways have evolved consensus that the dry port will be operationalized by January 15, 2015. Earlier, Sarhadi said that the establishment of modern dry port at Azakhel was one of their long standing demands. In the past, he said different governments announced activation of the Azakhel Dry Port, but these remained mere announcement.
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