Gwadar: Ministry of Commerce has operationalized the Gwadar Port for Afghan transit trade under the Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Agreement-2010, as confirmed by Advisor to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razzak Dawood.
The advisor has confirmed in a series of tweets that the shipment of fertilizer, wheat, and sugar will be transported in sealed trucks to Afghanistan for which 16,000 metric tons of DAP and WFP cargo of 500,000 of wheat for Afghanistan will arrive next month.
According to the Ministry of Commerce, the ships from China will also offload at Gwadar. The advisor believes that the development fulfills the consistent request of the business community and the shipping industry to resume operations so that both the business opportunities and employment in Gwadar and the highways could be created.