“Significance of the transit route via Karachi to Afghanistan will not be reduced by the use of Iran’s Chabahar port. He emphasised that the establishment of sustainable peace would be essential for the enhancement of bilateral trade and economic relations between the Pakistan and Afghanistan. He thanked the government of Pakistan for hosting Afghan refugees for the last several decades. The Afghan official informed that more than 3million Afghan refugees were still residing in different parts of Pakistan. He expressed satisfaction over the registration process of Afghan refugees in Pakistan and added that Afghan government has undertaken measures for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the migrating refugees from Pakistan and other countries.

Source: Pakistan Today December 20, 2017 15:00 UTC