Wagah Trade

The US has maintained that it would encourage Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's move of asking Pakistan to include India in the transit trade agreement for stronger trade relations between all the countries of the region.

Pakistan has not stopped Afghan traders from moving products to India through the Wagah border, authorities said after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned Islamabad to open the land border or lose transit route to Central Asia.

Pakistan has turned down an Afghan proposal for a throughway to India via Wagah border, showing that mutual distrust was holding back progress on key trade talks between the two neighbours.

Pakistan Rangers, who guard the Wagah check post - a key trading post between India and Pakistan - are on alert. The increased deployment of the Pakistan Rangers came after an alert issued by the Pakistan security agencies, saying the trading post could be targetted by terrorists.

Trade between India and Pakistan through the land border route is expected to go up almost 10 times with the formal inauguration on Friday of the newly-built integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, along the international border between the two neighbours.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's lunch meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his day-long visit last week seems to have provided a major thrust to bilateral ties between the two nations. India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement for a new liberalised visa regime for businessmen from both countries.

Of the importable items from India, 137 products can be brought in from India through the Wagah land border crossing.

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, accompanied by business leaders of more than 100 Indian companies, on Monday, walked into Pakistan through the Wagah border, vowing to bring down barriers hampering trade and facilitate economic engagement between the two neighbors that would see bilateral commerce doubling to $6 billion in the next three years.

In a historic visit to boost Indo-Pak trade ties, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is leading a delegation of over 100 business leaders to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. He is also likely to meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during the four-day visit. The two sides will discuss ways of normalising trade relations, easing visa rules, assessing th...

The US has maintained that it would encourage Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's move of asking Pakistan to include India in the transit trade agreement for stronger trade relations between all the countries of the region.

Pakistan has not stopped Afghan traders from moving products to India through the Wagah border, authorities said after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned Islamabad to open the land border or lose transit route to Central Asia.

Pakistan has turned down an Afghan proposal for a throughway to India via Wagah border, showing that mutual distrust was holding back progress on key trade talks between the two neighbours.

Pakistan Rangers, who guard the Wagah check post - a key trading post between India and Pakistan - are on alert. The increased deployment of the Pakistan Rangers came after an alert issued by the Pakistan security agencies, saying the trading post could be targetted by terrorists.

Trade between India and Pakistan through the land border route is expected to go up almost 10 times with the formal inauguration on Friday of the newly-built integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, along the international border between the two neighbours.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's lunch meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his day-long visit last week seems to have provided a major thrust to bilateral ties between the two nations. India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement for a new liberalised visa regime for businessmen from both countries.

Of the importable items from India, 137 products can be brought in from India through the Wagah land border crossing.

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, accompanied by business leaders of more than 100 Indian companies, on Monday, walked into Pakistan through the Wagah border, vowing to bring down barriers hampering trade and facilitate economic engagement between the two neighbors that would see bilateral commerce doubling to $6 billion in the next three years.

In a historic visit to boost Indo-Pak trade ties, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is leading a delegation of over 100 business leaders to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. He is also likely to meet Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during the four-day visit. The two sides will discuss ways of normalising trade relations, easing visa rules, assessing th...