
16/10/2025
Following recent clas-hes between Pakistani and Afg-han for-ces, at least 291 containers are stuck at Karachi Port Trust and Port Qasim, while hundreds more are stranded at border points — 500 at Chaman, 400 at Torkham, 100 at Ghulam Khan, and 100 at Khalarchi.
Pak-Afghan Chamber President Junaid Makda said warehouses at Torkham are full, creating a severe backlog and halting further cargo offloading. Around 1,000 containers usually move daily under Afghan Transit Trade, but the trade standstill has caused losses of Rs1 billion per day.
Goods stuck include electronics, textiles, medicines, edible oil, and other items, with traders forced to sell perishables at half price. In just four days, losses have reached billions of rupees.
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