Aug 25, 2021: The bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan from the Torkhem border post has shown signs of improvement in the wake of the evolving situation in the region.
Talking to APP, former senior Vice President of Pak-Afghan joint chamber of commerce and industry (PAJCCI) Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi, said Taliban, after taking over, has taken a number of pro-commercial measures ensuing in enhancement in trade between the two countries.
Sharing details of measures that favored improvement in trade between the two neighboring countries, Zia said Taliban leadership focused on ease of doing business by revoking unnecessary documentation in the processing of goods-laden trucks.
He said nowadays hundreds of trucks are passing through the Torkhem border on daily basis to transport goods between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Trucks full of fresh fruits including grapes, honeydew melon, coal, dry fruits are coming to Pakistan and in the same way, trucks carrying construction material and other goods are going to Afghanistan.
Zia also shared documents showing the crossing of around 659 trucks between Pakistan and Afghanistan during the last couple of days.
The documents showed that around 363 trucks passed to Afghanistan from Pakistan including 47 of Afghan Transit Trade and 316 of export cargo.
While 203 entered Pakistan from Afghanistan including 203 carrying import cargo goods and 93 as empty coming back after supplying transit goods there.
