Musazai woos Pak businessmen to invest in Afghanistan

KABUL‘s tax-free zones to gain better access to local market and Central Asian republics.

Janan Mosazai, speaking at a meeting during his visit to the Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Saturday, said Kabul was ready to offer additional facilities to Pakistani investors with a view to further strengthening trade ties.

He tweeted Pakistan and Afghanistan must work jointly to deal with common issues of terrorism, illiteracy, poverty, water shortages, energy crisis and infrastructure development.

He asked the KCCI to organise a delegation’s visit to Afghanistan to explore trade and investment opportunities there.

Identifying various sectors for undertaking joint ventures, he said the business communities of the two countries can undertake joint ventures in agriculture, construction, mining, precious stones, natural resources and other important sectors of the economy.

“There is also a huge potential in Afghanistan for Pakistani rice exporters who cannot only export rice to Afghanistan, but also to the Central Asian Republics through Afghanistan,” he reiterated.

Mosazai stressed the need to develop highways, railways and air links between two countries. “Memorandums of understanding and agreements had already been signed in this regard, now it is time to implement all these projects,” he stressed.

Earlier, KCCI President Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra said the local industry suffered badly due to the misuse of Afghan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement.

In order to effectively deal with the situation, he proposed duties and taxes on imported goods arriving at Pakistani ports for Afghanistan should be collected on behalf of the government of Afghanistan by Pakistan Customs and transmitted to the Afghan government upon evidence of transit goods reaching their declared destination.

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