ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has announced more than 40 percent of fencing at the Pak-Iran Border has been completed while the remaining would be done by June this year.
While the fencing alongside Iran and Afghanistan borders would be completed by June this year, the interior minister informed.
Sheikh Rasheed made the announcement after an aerial visit of the areas near the Pak-Iran border including Gwadar, Turbat, Mand and other areas on Friday.
Sheikh also visited the Rimdan-Gabd border gateway at the border along with IG Frontier Corps Balochistan South Major General Ayman Bilal. He inspected the facilities provided during the transfer of goods from the border.
Likewise, the minister said that the fencing at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border is completed by 90 percent and would also be finished in June this year. The interior minister, who is on a four-day visit to Balochistan, will also go to the Taftan border and Gwadar port.
Earlier, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaisar had said that Pakistan had great wishes to develop vibrant relations with parliamentarians, people, and businessmen of Afghanistan.
Addressing the Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade and Investment Forum 2020, in January, the NA speaker said the government is taking more steps to increase the Pak-Afghan trade.
Promotion of trade and economic links between Pakistan and Afghanistan would usher in a new era of socio-economic development and help bring people of the two countries closer, he added.
