INTERNATIONAL — June 23, 2026
PTI leader says Pakistan to convene grand jirga to reopen trade routes with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
The routes have been closed for more than eight months, resulting in extensive economic losses, damage to trade and hundreds of thousands of job losses in border regions.
The Ehtebar Desk — originates with Hurriyat — 2 min read
Asad Qaiser, a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and member of parliament, stated that Pakistan plans to convene a grand jirga to reopen trade routes with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan that have been closed for more than eight months.
Qaiser said the prolonged closure has caused extensive economic losses to Pakistan, damaged trade and led to hundreds of thousands of job losses. He added that investors from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan have transferred capital to Lahore and other Pakistani cities due to the situation.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has not issued an official response to the proposed jirga. It has previously conditioned reopening of the routes on Pakistan refraining from politicizing trade relations.
The Ministry of Commerce of the Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the plan for the grand jirga.
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Reliability assessment
Single source but core claim is a direct on-record statement by named public figure Asad Qaiser (PTI MP); 'X said Y' is concrete and attributable. Duration of closure presented as factual reporting with no conflicting sources.
The source language mixes facts with framing or advocacy wording. Hurriyat: "Hasty decisions bring regret" frames the situation with opinionated regret; "extensive losses", "severe financial losses" and "hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs" use emotionally loaded quantification to emphasize harm.
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