Karachi, July 21, 2020: Ismail Suttar, President of Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP), the Apex Body of Manufacturers of Pakistan, has demanded the government to resume exports of dry dates to India after the successful opening of Wagah Border under the Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement, which allows transit trade for Afghanistan to India. With this…
Islamabad, July 09, 2020: Private sector representatives from Pakistan and Afghanistan met on July 8 to boost prosperity and create jobs in both countries. The participants in this U.S. government-facilitated event addressed a range of trade issues between the two countries that have held back growth of the cross-border economy. The “Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Trade – Private Sector Perspectives, Strategy…
Karachi, April 26, 2020: To facilitate movement of cargo trucks and containers to cross over into Afghanistan through Torkham and Chaman border while keeping Afghanistan Government’s special request, the Government of Pakistan has devised several mechanisms. The border has been kept operational for three days in a week with appropriately developed quarantine measures, which was…
New York, April 19, 2020: The United States is considering the withdrawal of frontline CIA personnel from bases in Afghanistan, as part of an effort to further reduce violence in the war-ravaged country in line with the historic peace deal with the Taliban, according to The New York Times. The newspaper said the deliberations over…
Davos, January 22, 2020: Prime Minister Imran Khan met here with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of World Economic Forum 2020 on Tuesday, and discussed bilateral and regional issues, including Kashmir and the Afghan peace process. The prime minister along with his delegation reached here earlier in the day on a three-day official…