Business & Economics

Pakistan’s federal government has been urged to hammer out a strategy for the resumption of trade with Afghanistan via Chaman.

There has been a four-fold increase in the number of businessmen in the country over the past three years, says the Afghanistan Women’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry (AWCC).

Acting Minister of Economy Qari Din Mohammad Hanif and UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Roza Otunbayeva have discussed strategies for gradually reducing poverty and unemployment in the country.

After Fly Dubai and Air Arabia, the Turkish Airlines also intends to resume flights between Turkey and Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) has announced grounding another 18 passenger buses and removing extra seats from some.

PARAKH (Pajhwok): The Department of Mines and Petroleum in central Panjsher province has sold 7,430.3 carats of emerald for $142,000, an official . . .

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): After closing Torkham, Kharlasi and Angor Ada crossings, Pakistan has shut Ghulam Khan crossing to transit trade and patients, officials said on .

After a Pajhwok Afghan New report, the Cabinet has tasked the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) with addressing concerns expressed by cargo truck drivers about toll collection on the Salang highway.

Talks between Pakistani and Afghanistan on reopening the Torkham crossing have made no headway, with bilateral trade staying suspended for the third day in a row.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (STFA) says Denmark has contributed US$ 6.2 million (DKK 42 million) in aid to .

Pakistan-Afghanistan trade via Torkham remains suspended as officials failed to reach an agreement on resolving the issue of visa restrictions on truck drivers.

The owner of only women restaurant in western Herat province said she helped generate work opportunities for a number of women by opening a restaurant.