AVA - Issuance of 6-month visas to boost trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Six-month visas to truck drivers on a reciprocal basis to facilitate cross-border movement of goods between Pakistan and Afghanistan issued.

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Monitoring, According to Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar, this move will facilitate cross-border trade.

This comes after Pakistan’s announced on July 5 it would allow trade of all products to Kabul in the rupee owing to the non-availability of tradable currency through banking channels, Dawn News reported.

Qamar also said there was a demand to allow Afghan trucks to cross the Wagah border. He said due to political tensions with India it is not possible. “We will consider this when things return to normal with India”, the minister remarked.