INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan has scrapped its decision to increase custom-mades duties on fruit from Afghanistan, the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad said on
Friday.Hundreds of trucks and containers loaded with fresh and dry fruits went back to Kabul from Torkham crossing after Pakistan imposed
extra regulatory duty on the imported foodstuff.According to reports, the arrival of fresh and dry fruits from Afghanistan at Torkham
declined by nearly 70 percent considering that the imposition of 49 percent regulatory duty on them.Mufti Abdul Hakeem Hakimi, the
industrial attaché of the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad, consulted with authorities of Pakistan&& 's commerce ministry on Friday, where they
likewise discussed the concern of duty hikes on Afghan fruits.The Pakistani side stressed that the Afghan fruits are exempt from the
decision.During the conference, surcharges on Afghan traders& & industrial products in Karachi port and the brand-new policy of visas for
drivers in Torkham and Chaman land ports were likewise discussed.The post Pakistan cuts task hike on Afghan fruits first appeared on Ariana
