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Karzai�s Visit
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is visiting Islamabad at a time when Pakistan is considering to expend its cooperation for facilitating the Afghan transit trade all the way from Karachi to Torkham (1200 Kilometers) while the Afghan is reluctant to open the Nawa Pass Arnawi road (88 Km) for the passengers traveling from Peshawar to Chitral during winter season when Lawari Pass is closed.
Hamid Karzai�s visit to Pakistan coincides with two major events, 33 containers carrying goods from the port city of Karachi are reaching Torkham shortly, while 5 ambulance vehicles carrying patients for treatment in Peshawar or dead bodies from Peshawar have been denied entry into Chitral or Mohmand. This is irony that Pakistan gives each and every possible facility to the Afghans while Afghanistan offers maximum possible obstacles in our way.
It is high time that our leadership takes up the issue of opening Nawa Pass road in bilateral talks with the Afghan President. This is important because Lawari Pass was closed on December 19, and Nawa Pass road is yet to open for Passengers
traveling from and to Chitral.
Bashir Hussain Azad
Chitral.
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