Afghan trade vehicles remain stranded in Karachi

[Admin Khan]

KABUL (PAN): Pakistan is refusing to allow thousands of Afghanistan-bound containers loaded with commercial goods to leave the port city of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province, under the new transit trade agreement between the two countries, an official said on Thursday.
"If urgent steps in this regard are not taken, some goods may lose their value," Deputy Commerce and Industry Minister Ghulam Mohammad Yalafi told a press conference in Kabul.
The delay in implementing the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) had left 3,000 Afghan trucks stranded in Karachi since May 22 of this year.
Though the historic pact went into effect on Tuesday when Afghanistan sent a two-truck convoy carrying trade goods on its way to India for the first time under the new agreement, Pakistan is still not allowing trucks to carry commercial goods into the landlocked country.
Yalfai said Pakistan failed to give any reason for the restriction. Though Pakistan earlier announced that the trade accord had gone into effect, the country was not prepared to implement it, he said.
The deputy commerce minister said the 3,000 trucks carried merchandise for factories, electronic equipment and food items, which he feared could turn rotten if not transported immediately.
The commerce ministry planned to send a delegation to Pakistan next week to discuss the issue with relevant officials, he said.


Afghan trade vehicles remain stranded in Karachi | Pajhwok Afghan News

[Nokia_Apridy]

Zka khu waley di chay da Nesker Tawan na da laray GATA katal pokar di.....

da roogh QOOM da Khushley lara da pa mung walay bandgey ........

zka chay Wos da India zmung da laray khlasa ke..........

[Niazi]

This been going for a while now pakis are playing this card fir too long now,

This nasty Quam are not even respecting their own signature .

Oh will the best option for us is to divert water .

Gosh we are surrounded by nasty People.

[IamDZJ]

i saw this article before i went to islamabad the other day and even on my way back, there were tones of these trucks on the road. i did hear a few things about the trucks being insured and torched by divers for that money though. they say, they empty the truck and then set it on fire and burn it and then blame it on taliban. sounds like too much work for me..

[Shehbaz Khan]

This is exactly what's happening khorai

[Niazi]

Don't be stupid what she saw was NATO supply trucks not ordinary afghan business men goods ,you Pakistani are number one in insurance **** ,

[Nokia_Apridy]

niazi mata way .........

[Shehbaz Khan]

Don't be stupid what she saw was NATO supply trucks not ordinary afghan business men goods ,you Pakistani are number one in insurance **** ,

Dude, this is our business and I know about it !!

NLC etc etc is off these days !! Do some research !!

[Niazi]

Dude, this is our business and I know about it !!

is that right shouldhave told to your government before theysign doted line

NLC etc etc is off these days !! Do some research !!

Blah blah blah

[graveyardofempires]

the only trucks napakis will let through are the ones destined for foreign invaders.

[Mina]

the only trucks napakis will let through are the ones destined for foreign invaders.

Sad but true.

[Talal]

its not as simple and "evil-Pakistan-stopping-afghan-goods" as you all think.. 90% of these good aren't even bound for Afghanistan, 95% never reach Afghanistan..why ? because they are all smuggled right back into Pakistan before they even cross Torkham and that hurts the Pakistani economy. What do you think people mean when they say that this stuff is smuggled from Afghanistan ? it doesn't mean that this stuff actually came from Afghanistan rather that it was brought into Pakistan through karachi under the guise of getting it across border..This is a major concern since most of this smuggled stuff enters the northern markets where local economic conditions are already fragile


Also what this unbiased report missed out in is the fact that Afghan traders haven't paid the required transit and security fees which are obligatory before the merchandise can get moved out of the port

[Talal]

Also Pakistani authorities did allow them a window of 60 days to make payments during which these goods were allowed to leave port but there was no compliance from the Afghan authorities regarding this matter

[graveyardofempires]

its not as simple and "evil-Pakistan-stopping-afghan-goods" as you all think.. 90% of these good aren't even bound for Afghanistan, 95% never reach Afghanistan..why ? because they are all smuggled right back into Pakistan before they even cross Torkham and that hurts the Pakistani economy. What do you think people mean when they say that this stuff is smuggled from Afghanistan ? it doesn't mean that this stuff actually came from Afghanistan rather that it was brought into Pakistan through karachi under the guise of getting it across border..This is a major concern since most of this smuggled stuff enters the northern markets where local economic conditions are already fragile


Also what this unbiased report missed out in is the fact that Afghan traders haven't paid the required transit and security fees which are obligatory before the merchandise can get moved out of the port

that was the biggest paki horse crap ever.

[Talal]

^ try taking it with a pinch of salt