Islamabad :
Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen has said that trade with Afghanistan will be in Pakistani Rupees and not in Dollars.
According to details, a meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance was held under the chairmanship of Senator Talha Mahmood. Briefing the Standing Committee on Finance, Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen said that the situation in Afghanistan was being reviewed on a daily basis.
People can also be sent from Pakistan to run affairs in Afghanistan. It has been decided to trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Pakistani rupees. He said that trade with Afghanistan will be in rupees and not in dollars. 10 10 billion has been withheld. Afghanistan fears a shortage of dollars. The IMF and the World Bank have withheld dollars from Afghanistan.
He added that the current account deficit has been rising since April-May. The Asian Development Bank has provided 4 450 million for the purchase of the corona vaccine. GDP growth will reach 4.8 percent this year. On the other hand, Pakistan has decided to send food and medicine to Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds.
Foreign Office spokesman Asim Iftikhar said in a statement that three C-130 planes carrying relief supplies were heading to Afghanistan.
The spokesman said the government would continue to support the Afghan brothers in the current difficult situation, and the international community should play a role in providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in the crisis. It may be recalled that in response to the announcement of the interim Afghan government yesterday, the spokesman said that he hoped that the interim Afghan government would work for peace and security in the country.
