Islamabad January 19 (Online): Chaman Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) President Muhammad Hashim Achakzai on Wednesday visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and shared the issues faced by business community on Pak-Afghan border with ICCI President Shakeel Munir.
Hashim Achakzai said that the local banks have suddenly stopped receiving payments in foreign currency and refused issuing E-Form for export and import with Afghanistan due to which the business community was facing great problems.
He said that this situation has resulted in a massive halt of vehicles at Pak-Afghan border loaded with various products and called upon the government to take urgent notice of this problem to resolve this critical issue.
Achakzai said that trade of millions of dollars per day was taking place between Pakistan and Afghanistan through the Chaman border and emphasized that the government should keep the Chaman border crossing point open for 24 hours in order to further facilitate trade promotion between the two countries.
He further stressed that the government should address payment issues for doing trade with Afghanistan on priority basis so that Pakistan may not lose its market in Afghanistan.
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