Pakistan & Afghanistan to Trade in Rupee Instead of Dollar
The measure is being taken, as said by finance minister, as the global institutions have frozen Afghanistan’s accounts
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan will trade in rupee instead of dollars.
The minister told the Senate Standing Committee on Finance that trade with Afghanistan will be carried out in rupee now.
The measure is being taken, as said by Tarin, as the global institutions have frozen Afghanistan’s accounts.
He said Pakistan is reviewing the evolving situation in Afghanistan regularly.
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The finance minister said the impact of trade with Afghanistan on Pakistan’s economy will get clear in the next few weeks.
Tarin said that people can also be sent from Pakistan to improve the situation in Afghanistan and run the affairs in a better way.
