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Pakistan Print 2020-04-19

Government urged to reopen Pak-Afghan border completely

President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian Zahid Hussain has urged the government to reopened Pak-Afghan border completely to avoid shortage of essential items and necessary raw material for the industrial sector. Partial reopening of tra
Published 19 Apr, 2020 12:00am

[caption id="attachment_393552" align="alignnone" width="3900"] epa02416396 Trucks carrying Afghan transit trade supply are waiting for custom clearance at Pak-Afghan border in Chaman, Pakistan, 28 October 2010. Pakistan and Afghanistan sign the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) in Kabul on October 28. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI[/caption]

President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian Zahid Hussain has urged the government to reopened Pak-Afghan border completely to avoid shortage of essential items and necessary raw material for the industrial sector. Partial reopening of trade at both entry points is not serving the purpose as the traders from both sides of the divide are facing heavy losses, he said.

Mian Zahid Hussain said that thousands of containers and men are stranded at both sides of the border with not a single reported case of corona virus. He said that border closure has to result in a shortage of different food items and raw material while uncertainty is hitting the business community.

He noted that thousands of loaded containers on both sides of the border pose a security risk for the locals; therefore the area should be cleared. He said that drivers and cleaners of vehicles are compelled to guard the merchandise while supply chain has broken which must be restored immediately.

He said that how come the Afghan Transit Trade cargo can become a threat on border points when the same is cleared from the port in Karachi and allowed to transport it from Karachi to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said that the exporters and importers are ready to pay the cost of disinfection if the government allows reopening of trade.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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