Export of dry dates to India demanded

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…

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US making effort to boost Pak-Afghan trade

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…

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PAJCCI demands economic relief mechanism for transit and trade with Afghanistan: Zubair Motiwala

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…

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