President for increasing trade crossing points to boost exports

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By MG News | January 04, 2022 at 10:12 AM GMT+05:00

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January 4, 2022: President Dr. Arif Alvi has called for increasing the trade crossing points with the neighboring countries in Balochistan that would greatly help generate economic activities as well as enhance the quantum of exports, said a press release issued on Monday.

He asked the concerned organizations to take steps for facilitating the importers and exporters of the border areas of Balochistan to enhance the country’s exports. He made these remarks while addressing a meeting on Borders and Trade Management in Balochistan, at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

The meeting was briefed about the problems being faced by the people and traders of Balochistan. It was informed that the province had no petrol pumps in the remote areas and the traders along the border also lacked necessary facilities such as communication, banks, and roads infrastructures.

Addressing the meeting, the President asked the relevant departments to take practical steps for improving ease of doing business and help facilitate the transportation of goods from Balochistan to other provinces.

He told the meeting that he had already asked the Ministry of Petroleum, particularly PSO, to make arrangements for meeting the fuel requirements of remote areas of Balochistan on a priority basis, apart from establishing additional petrol pumps on Makran Coastal Highway to facilitate the people traveling between Gwadar and Karachi.

The meeting emphasized the need for easing and expediting the process of granting NOCs to foreign investors as well as facilitating the businessmen of Central Asian States to import and export their goods through Gwadar Port.

The meeting agreed to hold the next meeting at Gwadar to be attended by all relevant stakeholders to help address the issues being faced by the traders and people of Balochistan.

In order to boost bilateral trade with Afghanistan, the Finance Minister informed that it had been decided to trade with Afghanistan in local currency.

He assured that his Ministry would provide all necessary support at trading points with neighboring countries to help the traders of Balochistan.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani, Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue Affairs, Mr. Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin, Governor Balochistan, Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha, Chief Minister Balochistan, Mir Abdul Quddus Bezenjo, Secretary Interior, Mr. Yousaf Naseem Khokar, Chief Secretary Balochistan, Mr. Mather Niaz Rana, and other senior officials.

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