ISLAMABAD: In an effort to encourage legal business with neighboringcountries, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday accorded approval to setup trade markets along Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan and Iran.
Presiding over a high-level meeting in Islamabad today, PM Imran Khan gaveapproval to establish 12 markets along Pak-Afghan border and six marketsalong Pak-Iran border.
The meeting decided to take effective measures to eliminate the menace ofsmuggling. Briefing the meeting, an official said that the border marketswill be made functional by February, 2021.
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other high officials werein attendance in the meeting.
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Earlier on May 14, Chairing a meeting to review the measures the governmenthad taken to check smuggling and overpricing of essential items in thecountry, Prime Minister Imran Khan had stated no compromise would be madein action against smuggling.
Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar, Food Security andResearch Minister Syed Fakhar Imam, Adviser to the PM on Finance Dr AbdulHafeez Shaikh and relevant officials were in attendance in the meeting.
Over the course of the meeting, the premier had been informed that anordinance had been promulgated to curb smuggling of basic food items andcurrency as it empowered law enforcement agencies to take action againstsuch illegal activities at the country’s airports and frontiers.
