Efforts are ongoing for the resumption of trade with Afghanistan through the Ghulam Khan crossing in North Waziristan, says Pakistan’s defence minister. Khwaja Asif informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that a committee had been set up to…
The residents of southeastern Khost province have called for the removal of curbs on people’s movement via the Ghulam Khan crossing. They recall in the past 50 to 70 patients were allowed to enter Pakistan daily for…
Pakistan, the Foreign Office says. Pakistan does transit trade with and imports items from Afghanistan through Torkham and Chaman border terminals as well. The Foreign Office said the decision was taken, keeping in view both countries’ desire to…
A key trade route between Afghanistan is set to reopen in a couple of days after four years of closure, says an official. The Ghulam Khan crossing-point in North Waziristan Agency, one of the seven notified trade routes…
Two customs stations in Kharlachi and Ghulam Khan are set to start functioning in the first week of February, a senior official says. The Ghulam Khan station was closed for security reasons in 2014, but now staff has…
Officials, traders and residents on Thursday accused the central government of paying little heed to the Khost-Ghulam Khan transit route. Former president, Hamid Karzai, had approved the construction of the transit route in 2003. But the project…
