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Islamabad fears Kabul may block goods supply to ECO states

Actually Bhakts butt hurts is normal that how Pakistan could survive if northern scums really closed that traditional route.
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Actually Afghanistan pressing Pakistan to includ India in that route but we don't want Indian reach Central Asia through Pakistan routes and enter Afghanistan than CAsia.
If Northern scums shut that route for us we already have alternative routes BUT Turkminstan get a long route to reach others federations not much affected.
If northern scums shut that route for us we shut down all their business routes to enter Pakistan. We did it in past and we know how it works.
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Please bhakts see above route map and continue to cry as you only have two options to reach Central Asia 1.by air again you need fly over Pakistan or China. 2. By Sea, well.
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ISLAMABAD: While Kabul is reluctant to finalise a transit trade agreement with Islamabad, Tajikistan is poised to join a separate initiative which will connect Pakistan to Central Asia, bypassing Afghanistan entirely.

Officials told The Express Tribune that Tajikistan’s request for inclusion into the Quadrilateral Traffic in Transit Agreement (QTTA) — a deal between China, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for facilitating transit traffic and trade — has been approved. The Central Asian state will now become a formal participant once its parliament approves the move, they said.

Tajikistan looks to promote trade in Pakistan

Inclusion in QTTA — which was signed in Islamabad in 1995 — will grant landlocked Tajikistan access to Pakistan’s ports, including Gwadar, without having to depend on Afghanistan. It will provide safe passage to traders from both Pakistan and Tajikistan. Trade between the two countries has risen steadily from $15 million in 2011 to $90 million in 2016, and Tajikistan wants to bring the volume up to $500 million.

Up till now, Pakistani traders have had to rely on the land route through Afghanistan to access Tajikistan and other Central Asian States. Pakistan and Afghanistan had been negotiating a transit trade agreement but Kabul’s insistence that India be included in the arrangement led to a deadlock in discussions. Due to tensions with India over unrest in Occupied Kashmir and Delhi’s attempts to implicate Islamabad in rebel attacks on military installations, Pakistan could not accommodate Kabul’s demand. But while Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani threatened to cut off Pakistan’s access to Central Asia if it did not include India in the transit deal, China revived QTTA to further tap the potential of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, officials said. QTTA provides Pakistan a gateway to Central Asia by using the Karakoram Highway — which links Gilgit-Baltistan to China’s Xinjiang region — as a transit corridor.
 
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Erm through CPEC we have direct access to C.Asia and China. Article sounds sensationalist to get more views.

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long or short. the fact is Pakistan has option but Afghanistan doesn't.
it would be nice to block all the transport via Afghanistan, and seal the border for indefinite time so that Afghanistan & U.S dont have any issue about cross border terrorism which surely Pakistan dont allow from her territory but the terrorists within Afghanistan are involve those hold half territory of Afghanistan. but what Pakistan can do to resolve their doubt ? Pakistan can seal the border and block all transport, these are the real solution to resolve their doubts about cross border terrorism.
 
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Pakistan and china will capture this land with afghan talibans if access is not allowed
 
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What now this banana state have guts two stop two nuclear giants for roads we don't need their road goods can be going through China via russia

Soviet union was the real nuclear giant and not you two, and see what has become of it:lol: so stop giving yourselves airs;)

What now this banana state have guts two stop two nuclear giants for roads we don't need their road goods can be going through China via russia

Soviet union was the real nuclear giant and not you two, and see what has become of it:lol: so stop giving yourselves airs;)
 
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Find a decent industrialist and economist in your country to figure out feasibility of this BS
The same way you figure out the air corridor feasibility..which is eating dust now..Fact of the matter is Afghanistan will agree sooner or later they don't have option...Its not just transit all there imports are done through our port free of charge with minimum cost..You need to see all factors before commenting..
 
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Why on Earth would Pakistan want the trade route to Europe to go through via Afghanistan when everyone else in Asia goes through the Suez Canal?

Pakistan does not need Afghanistan for anything.
 
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Why on Earth would Pakistan want the trade route to Europe to go through via Afghanistan when everyone else in Asia goes through the Suez Canal?

Pakistan does not need Afghanistan for anything.
Brilliant observation -- As expected by SUPARCO :enjoy:
Super cool
 
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It seems Pakistan just now realised ,road goes both ways.you can't expect to block their trade with other countries by the road expect them to allow Pakistan
 
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Islamabad fears Kabul may block goods supply to ECO states
By Zafar Bhutta
Published: August 30, 2017
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Without accession to the CMR and the regulatory framework, the transportation of goods by Pakistani vehicles via land routes to the ECO member states and European countries will not be permissible. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: As the diplomatic row escalates, Pakistan voices fear that Afghanistan may create hurdles to prevent the use of its territory for goods transportation to member states of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) and European countries.

At present, Pakistan and China are executing a $57-billion economic corridor project. In the wake of this, Pakistan is exploring the option of connecting to the Central Asian states via land routes.

Earlier, Pakistan and Tajikistan were desirous of signing a transit trade agreement with Afghanistan, but the latter was hesitant and demanded inclusion of India in the agreement. However, Pakistan dismissed the demand, saying India could not be part of the deal unless it improved diplomatic ties.

Pakistan is a signatory of the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA), which came into force on May 19, 2006. Its objectives include development and maintenance of mutually beneficial transit transport arrangements for regional and international trade.

However, Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, has so far not accepted the Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) while other ECO member states are party to the agreement.

Without accession to the CMR and the regulatory framework, the transportation of goods by Pakistani vehicles via land routes to the ECO member states and European countries will not be permissible.

In a meeting held on August 4, sources said, cabinet members emphasised that all the authorities concerned, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all provinces backed Pakistan’s accession to the CMR convention, 1978.

They cautioned that the move would not bear fruit if Kabul did not accept the convention, which would create hurdles to the use of land routes linking with Central Asia and Europe.

The cabinet members felt that more consultation needed to be undertaken and put off decision on the critical issue at a time when Pakistan’s exports had weakened steadily.

In the first four years of the current government, exports of the country dipped around $4 billion, prompting the government to aggressively explore markets of Central Asia and Russia, which were energy and trade hubs.

Pakistan is close to Central Asia that may become a gateway to Russia and Europe. However, there is no land connection, making it difficult for Pakistan to gain access to markets of these countries.

ECO is an inter-governmental regional organisation established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan later joined the bloc.

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to boost cooperation for peace, stability

All ECO member states, except for Uzbekistan, signed the TTFA in May 1998. It is a broad-based agreement with eight protocols approved by the 3rd ECO ministerial meeting on transport and communications held in Islamabad in April 2000.

These are pertaining to road, rail and inland water transportation, motor vehicles including third-party policy insurance, customs control and terms of reference for the Transit Transport Coordination Council.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30th, 2017.
Kabul can't block hi own loose motion lets Pakistan aside but Indian trying hard to create trouble for Pakistan using Afghan territory.
 
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Kabul can't block hi own loose motion lets Pakistan aside but Indian trying hard to create trouble for Pakistan using Afghan territory.
Will you allow India to use Pakistan to do trade with other countries when India dsnt allow Pakistan to trade using India with other countries.
Afghanistanis are doing exactly what Pakistan will do in the above example
 
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