Peshawar
Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded of government to withdraw standard operating procedures at Torkham and remove hurdles in the way of Pak-Afghan mutual and transit trade.
The demand was made by SCCI Senior Vice President, Shahid Hussain during a meeting with Director General, Transit Trade Karachi, Raza Ahmad Khan, who met with traders’ delegation on request of the Frontier Customs Agents Association at the Model Customs House Peshawar.
Besides, Director Transit Trade Peshawar, Amjad ul Rehman, Additional Directors, Jan Bahadur, Muhammad Tayyab, Deputy Director Inamullah Wazir, FCAA president, former SVP PAJCCI and SCCI, Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, FCCA Senior Vice President, Chairman SCCI Standing Committee on Land Route, Imtiaz Ahmad Ali, Afghan Transit Trade Association General Secretary Farooq Ahmad and member of the TTA Fazal Shinwari were present in the meeting.
While highlighting issues of customs clearing agents and business community, Ziaul Haq Sarhadi apprised the meeting that nearly 7,000 transit trade containers/trucks stuck due to slow clearing process at Karachi port, which was impacting negatively on Pak-Afghan bilateral and transit trade.
Whereas, he maintained heavy charges were being collected from traders and exporters on head of demurrage and detention at the Karachi port which further push the corona lockdown hit business community toward economic depression.
He called for withdrawal of demurrage and detention charges immediately to ease the financial owes of the traders community.—APP
