Bureau Report
PESHAWAR: Traders from Pakistan and Afghanistan have urged Islamabad and Kabul to set aside the political differences and make joint efforts to give boost to bilateral and transit trade between the two neighbouring countries.
The participants urged the government of Pakistan to devise a separate policy or mechanism for Afghan traders’ to pave the way to get them registered with Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and other authorities so they will contribute their share in Pakistan’s economy.
They also attributed the strict regulations, complicated laws and cumbersome procedures as main hurdles in bolstering Pak-Afghan mutual trade and transit trade. The Pak-Afghan traders were addressing during a meeting chaired by Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sherbaz Bilour held here on Friday. The meeting was attended by Afghan Commercial Attache in Peshawar, Fawad Arash, SCCI senior vice president Engineer Manzoor Elahi, former SVP Shahid Hussain, former vice president Abidullah Yousafzai, Sadar Gul, senior member Ejaz Ali Shah, Khyber chamber president Syed Jawad Hussain Kazmi, along with Pak-Afgahn traders, importers and exporters in a large number.
