Pakistan, Iran to build wall at border

[A.Rafay]

BAKU (Azerbaijan) – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to build a wall on the border of two countries, to tighten the control over drug trafficking, Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The agreement has been reached at the 6th tripartite Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan joint meeting on drug trafficking.Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Secretary of Pakistan’s Narcotics Control Division Javed Iqbal, Afghan Minister for Narcotics Control Zarar Ahmad Usmani, as well as UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) Executive Director Yury Fedotov participated in the meeting.Javed Iqbal said that currently, barbed wire separates Iran and Pakistan at the border, and later a wall would be built instead of it.He noted that it is an understandable concern about the drug trafficking problems in all three countries, and said that by 2014 the control over drug trafficking through the border would be intensified even more. At the end of the meeting, the sides signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding. In November, Iran’s Interior Minister Najjar said that determination in the relentless combat against narcotic material is in fact a universal predicament. “We also reiterate on strengthening and expanding our cooperation and coordination in carrying out the agreed programmes in different dimensions of combat against narcotic materials,” the Iranian minister said.Najjar said that the agreement between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to formulate a framework for intelligence exchange and cooperation in border control could be among the most effective measures at the regional level and in the area of combat against narcotic materials with an approach to consolidate regional structures.Dirty money costs developing world $6 trillion $2.5b siphoned out of Pakistan during 2003-10

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[Black Widow]

Good one.. ... But question is which side is victim of drug trade??? Like US-Mexico, US is victim of trade.

 

[IndoUS]

How big is the border? Because It's gonna take a lot of money to make and maintain the wall.

 

[Spring Onion]

Good one.. ... But question is which side is victim of drug trade??? Like US-Mexico, US is victim of trade.

The origion is Afghanistan the middle market is Pakistan the carrier for workd market is Iran.

Of these three Pakistan is affected locally badly rather worst affected

 

[RazPaK]

Good news, but build one against Afghanistan first.

 

[A.Rafay]

Good news, but build one against Afghanistan first.

It is very urgent, Most of the taliban come from afghanistan to Pakistan.

 

[IndoUS]

Good news, but build one against Afghanistan first.

I doubt with the mountains, though they can make a shoot on sight order for people transporting drugs, its extreme but it will at least deter some of them.

 

[farhan_9909]

who will pay for this?

if iran themself?
thanks in advance

 

[B@KH]

this is non-sense to build a wall. It should be electronically monitored and also thru satellites as the smugglers can build tunnels beneath the walls to cross the border.

 

[SwatCat]

Pakistan is most fenced country in the world if the proposed wall is built.