Pakistan denies India land transit route to Afghanistan

[Prometheus]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has denied India land transit route to Afghanistan while Trade Minister Amin Fahim has said that Afghanistan has been allowed to use land route to India for trade.

At the 7th round of talks for Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA), the head of Pakistan delegation Himayatullah said the agreement has been reached.

He said under the agreement India cannot be allowed to use land route to Afghanistan and that India could only use air and see routes.Pakistan denies India land transit route to Afghanistan - GEO.tv

 

[ramu]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has denied India land transit route to Afghanistan while Trade Minister Amin Fahim has said that Afghanistan has been allowed to use land route to India for trade.

At the 7th round of talks for Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA), the head of Pakistan delegation Himayatullah said the agreement has been reached.

He said under the agreement India cannot be allowed to use land route to Afghanistan and that India could only use air and see routes.Pakistan denies India land transit route to Afghanistan - GEO.tv

Sounds ridiculous. Good for Afghanistan as something is better than nothing. Transit route through Iran will get a bigger push.

 

[Rank]

Simple... Establishment never allow any kind of ABCD from India!

 

[QADRI]

although india denied ours trade to east of india...but our government allowed this....thats not good...we must not be too lenient....

 

[Goodperson]

Iran understands this problem and extented its facilities to India.

 

[ramu]

although india denied ours trade to east of india...but our government allowed this....thats not good...we must not be too lenient....

Does this mean your government has to do more to satisfy the anti Indian sentiment of a few ? If Afghanistan does not have enough jobs and basic amenities, the repercussions will be faced by Pakistan and not India. This step is more pro Pakistan then India. India is opening its markets to Afghanistan and nothing more.

India is gaining nothing out of it and there is nothing that we get from the markets of Afghanistan that we cannot produce in house.

 

[mjnaushad]

When India have so much hate in It that it don't even let one player in IPL the why there are so much expectation from us?

 

[Goodperson]

When India have so much hate in It that it don't even let one player in IPL the why there are so much expectation from us?

Unrelated matter some may even call this as trolling. IPL is a domestic tournament of India run by private business houses and BCCI.

 

[mjnaushad]

Unrelated matter some may even call this as trolling. IPL is a domestic tournament of India run by private business houses and BCCI.

I don't care who runs it......It showed the hate Indians have so why do they expect love from us???

Its generosity of Pakistan that it allowed the air route......

You guys should go to your knee and say "THANKS"

 

[DaRk WaVe]

DAWN.COM | Editorial | Transit rights for India

Transit rights for India

Islamabad’s rejection of Kabul’s demand for transit trade rights for India to facilitate the movement of Indian goods to landlocked Afghanistan and beyond was not unexpected.

Nor was the Afghan craving difficult to understand. But the issue of giving transit trade rights to India is more a bilateral matter between Islamabad and New Delhi than a subject to be covered under the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement being renegotiated under the aegis of the US. The Indians are not allowing transit facilities to Pakistan’s exports to Nepal and Bhutan. The reluctance has its roots in the territorial and political disputes between the two countries.

In fact, the two countries’ mutual suspicions are inhibiting the expansion of intra-regional trade in South Asia which remains the world’s least integrated area. The vast potential for trade within the region is largely untapped, mostly because of India-Pakistan hostilities. Delhi’s lingering disputes with other countries in the region, too, is not helping regional economic cooperation. The regional preferential and free trade agreements — Sapta and Safta — signed years ago have failed to take off and total intra-regional trade remains only a fraction of the region’s total trade with the rest of the world. Both countries maintain long lists of items that cannot be imported from each other. Islamabad refuses to give India the Most Favoured Nation status while Delhi has raised both tariff and non-tariff barriers to restrict Pakistan’s exports. Consequently, the region’s poor continue to be denied the enormous benefits that flourishing intra-regional trade in manufactured goods, agriculture, services and energy could bring them.

Given the bilateral tensions and mistrust, few expect the two governments to agree to allow each other land transit rights. It is difficult to imagine authorities in either country taking a positive decision on the issue even if it can reduce mutual mistrust. Perhaps Kabul thinks that US supervision can force Pakistan to give in to its wishes on the matter. But Islamabad has resisted that pressure up until now and may continue to do so unless it is satisfied with what it gets in return.

 

[r3alist]

great news

 

[QADRI]

Does this mean your government has to do more to satisfy the anti Indian sentiment of a few ? If Afghanistan does not have enough jobs and basic amenities, the repercussions will be faced by Pakistan and not India. This step is more pro Pakistan then India. India is opening its markets to Afghanistan and nothing more.

India is gaining nothing out of it and there is nothing that we get from the markets of Afghanistan that we cannot produce in house.

Buddy its better for you to take a look of Kashmir and economically ignored area of your country first then here n there.

Second for your information Pakistan also asked for trade with Burma and ralevent countries for the export of food items and aid then where was your's government humanity??? Come on dude accept ir try to accept the reality.

 

[ramu]

Buddy its better for you to take a look of Kashmir and economically ignored area of your country first then here n there.

Second for your information Pakistan also asked for trade with Burma and ralevent countries for the export of food items and aid then where was your's government humanity??? Come on dude accept ir try to accept the reality.

Thanks for the advice. Our economy grew at close to 9% last quarter. Even the states such as Bihar grew at 11%. Let me not talk about your growth rate and derail this thread. If you can take pot shots at India, offtopic, rest assured to be served in kind.

We don't care if you give transit access to Afghanistan and India on its part is building alternate access to Afghanistan for access to central Asia. Why don't you try and reason with Afghanistan. It really does not make a big difference as Afghanistan's PPP is not enough to ask for transit.

The purpose of transit one way or two ways is to help generate some employment. India is already doing its bit with roads, infrastructure and social capital. India will gain nothing from the current move not would it gain anything substantial even if two way transit was opened.

 

[QADRI]

Thanks for the advice. Our economy grew at close to 9% last quarter. Even the states such as Bihar grew at 11%. Let me not talk about your growth rate and derail this thread. If you can take pot shots at India, offtopic, rest assured to be served in kind.

We don't care if you give transit access to Afghanistan and India on its part is building alternate access to Afghanistan for access to central Asia. Why don't you try and reason with Afghanistan. It really does not make a big difference as Afghanistan's PPP is not enough to ask for transit.

The purpose of transit one way or two ways is to help generate some employment. India is already doing its bit with roads, infrastructure and social capital. India will gain nothing from the current move not would it gain anything substantial even if two way transit was opened.

You didn't anwser my question boy...

You didn't anwser my question boy...

What is economic condition of Kashmir or chalo lets take the economy of assam why don't your soft heart government creat economic pitchers there??? And if you are so much worried about employment and supply and demand equalibrium then why did your government refuse to give access to Pakistan to burma and those areas????

 

[Rank]

The purpose of transit one way or two ways is to help generate some employment.

Which kind of employment ?? funding ?? weapons ?? make more terrorist ??