<br/>Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached an understanding on major issues related to a new bilateral transit trade pact but Indian exports to Afghanistan via the Wagah land route will not be permitted under the proposed agreement. <br/> <br/>This was disclosed in a statement issued by Pak Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s office in Islamabad on Sunday. The statement said, Pakistan will reciprocally be able to export its goods to Central Asia through Afghanistan. <br/> <br/>Final shape was given to the proposed pact, which will replace an agreement signed in 1965, during seven protracted rounds of negotiations.<br/> <br/>Islamabad had for long resisted pressure from Kabul to allow the export of Indian goods by land through Pakistani territory.<br/>
News On AIR | July 19, 2010 9:13 AM
Pakistan, Afghanistan reach understanding on new bilateral transit trade pact