QUETTA: In the light of the announcement made by the Prime Minister ImranKhan, practical steps have been taken to set up a border trade market atGabd Ramdan on the Pak-Iran border to promote trade activities between theneighboring countries.
According to official sources, during the visit of Prime Minister ImranKhan to Makran last month to ensure implementation of the Border MarketEstablishment, a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) ceremony of Border MarketEstablishment was held today between the Secretaries of Industries andCommerce of the two brotherly neighboring countries.
A high level delegation led by Defence Production Minister Zubaida Jalal,Federal Additional Secretary Commerce Umair Karim and Deputy SecretaryAnsia Zafer, FBR Chief (F&C) Muhammad Saeed Khan jadoon ,Director FIAShakeel Durrani Provincial Additional Secretary Industries and CommerceManzoor Hussain and Geida MD Ataullah Jogezai Deputy Commissioner GwadarMajor (retd) Abdul Kabeer Khan Deputy Commissioner kech Major (retd) IlyasKabzai and other officials attended the signing ceremony.
The International Crossing Border Point was formally inaugurated after thesigning of MoU.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by Federal Minister for DefenseProduction Zubeida Jalal and senior military officers Brigadier Syed ZahidAbbas, Lt. Col. Muhammad Usman Younis, Lt. Col. Zeeshan Rizwan, Pakistan’sAmbassador to Iran Ahmad Ali Mohabbati and a high-level delegation.
Iranian Minister Mohammad Aslami, other border officials also attended theceremony.
On the occasion, Federal Minister Zubeida Jalal termed today as a historicday and said that for centuries the people of Gwadar have longed forTaftan-style immigration facilities and the credit goes to the unitedleadership of the International Border.
She said that the opening would facilitate the people of the adjoiningareas of the two countries to travel and trade adding after Taftan, GwadarRamdan in Gwadar was the second international border crossing point betweenIran and Pakistan.
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Federal Minister Zubaida Jalal said bilateral trade and economic activitieswould also increase significantly.
She said the border fence would improve the security situation after theceremony.
Later, Administrative Officers of Pak-Iran Border Areas, DeputyCommissioner Gwadar Major (Retd.) Abdul Kabeer Khan Deputy CommissionerKatch Major (Retd.) Ilyas Kabzai also convened a meeting of Pak-IranInternational Crossing Border Point of Gabd Ramdan.
The Governor of Sistan, Iran also attended the meeting. Border situation ofthe two brotherly neighboring countries and other important decisions forthe promotion of trade activities were also taken in the meeting. It shouldbe noted that after Taftan, border markets would be set up at Pak-Iraninternational border.
The efforts of Federal Minister for Defence Production Zubeida Jalal, ChiefMinister Jam Kamal, Commander Southern Command Balochistan and ChairmanSenate Sadiq Sanjrani are being welcomed by the Makran Division and thepublic business circles of the province.
