QUETTA: Minister for Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Zia Langove has said that steps were being adopted to amicably address the issues of business community fencing along the Pak-Afghan border.
While presiding over a high-level meeting held on Tuesday in connection with fencing the Pak-Afghan border, he said that the government was taking concrete measures to address the issues relating to settlement along the Pak-Afghan border.
Mir Zia Langove the issues of the border were thoroughly being reviewed, hence, in order to solve issues relating to settlement along with Pak-Afghan border areas, district authorities of Board of Revenue had been directed to submit a report immediately.
He further said to combat terrorism and maintain law and order situation, fencing work along Pak-Afghan was being carried out by the Federal Government.
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, on Monday, 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.
Asad Qaisar said, “The 2,640 kilometers Pak-Afghan border is not only the longest border that Pakistan shares with any of its neighboring countries, but it is also the thread which weaves the two nations into a historic tapestry of social, cultural, linguistic, economic, religious and fraternal ties”.
