ISLAMABAD, January 25: The government of Pakistan is planning to open new border crossings with the Islamic Republic of Iran along with enhanced cooperation between the ports of the two countries to promote bilateral trade.
The border relations between Iran and Pakistan as two neighbors and an Islamic countries have seen significant progress over past year.
The two countries opened second official border crossing in December 2020 at Rimdan-Gabd while third border crossing at Pishin-Mand was opened in April 2021 with the presence of Iran’s (former) Minister of Roads and Urban Development (Mohammad Eslami), and Pakistan’s Minister of Defense production Zobaida Jalal. The two countries are working to establish joint border markets for the development of bilateral trade, especially improving the living conditions of Iran-Pakistan border residents. Following the meeting between Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Pakistan and Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in December last year, a high level meeting Chaired by President of Pakistan Arif Alvi was recently held in Gwadar who also attended the meeting making the optimum use of the opportunity visited Pak-Iran border (Gabd/BP-250) and held an interactive session with the local trade community. – PR
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