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ISLAMABAD:&nbsp;Pakistan has formally relaunched land trade with Iran under a revived transit arrangement through the newly established Jeerak Customs Station at the Pakistan-Iran border in District Panjgur, according to a Customs notification. Pakistan dispatched its first refrigerated sealed cargo under Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) from Karachi&#39;s Burma Oil Mills Limited Container Freight Station. The TIR is an international customs transit system that simplifies and accelerates the movement of goods across borders by allowing sealed vehicles to transit countries without costly, time-consuming inspections. The relaunch ends a suspension that began June 15, 2025, when Pakistan closed border crossings across five Balochistan districts, Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech, and Gwadar, following Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites, according to AFP. The Pakistan Foreign Office had clarified on June 18, 2025, that key routes, including Taftan, remained operational despite the closures. The revival builds on sustained bilateral engagement. Pakistan and Iran signed trade facilitation MoUs in January 2023, and during then-President Ebrahim Raisi&#39;s April 2024 visit, both countries set a target of raising bilateral trade to $10 billion within five years. The formal groundwork for the current relaunch was laid during ministerial talks on the sidelines of the OIC Transport Ministers&#39; Conference in Istanbul, where Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan met Iran&#39;s Minister for Roads and Infrastructure, Farzaneh Sadegh, according to a Ministry of Communications press release dated Feb. 13. Both ministers addressed bottlenecks at the Pak-Iran border, where the daily crossing capacity currently stands at 200 trucks, according to the press release. Both sides agreed it could be raised to between 800 and 1,000 trailers.&nbsp; Discussions covered border parking infrastructure, bilateral arrangements, and coordination between the Federal Bureau of Revenue, the Ministry of Commerce, and customs authorities.

Iranian cargo trucks cross into the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan, Balochistan province on June 18, 2025. (AFP)

Economy

Pakistan has resumed land trade with Iran, sending its first refrigerated cargo via the Jeerak customs station after a suspension in June 2025. It is restoring transit routes and planning border capacity expansion.

Pakistan, Iran relaunch land trade after months-long suspension

ISLAMABAD: Iran&rsquo;s Central Bank Governor Dr Abdolnasser Hemmati&nbsp;met Pakistan&rsquo;s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday, with both sides agreeing that peace is essential to economic cooperation and shared progress. According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both sides called for &ldquo;sustained dialogue&rdquo; and said regional peace and stability remain necessary for economic cooperation. <div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 672px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2042976568050692266&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=8a0eb87be270fe70829b56ed93c1b44dbc35c494&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</iframe></div></div> &nbsp;The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Islamabad Talks,&nbsp;high-level diplomatic negotiations being held in Pakistan. It brings together the United States and Iran to end a six-week-old war in the Middle East, with Pakistan acting as mediator. Earlier, Pakistan&rsquo;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared Islamabad&#39;s &quot;sincere resolve&quot; to continue its role as a mediator towards achieving regional and global peace and stability. According to statement issued by the Prime Minister&#39;s Office, PM Sharif engaged constructively with both the US and Iranian delegations. He hoped that the talks would &ldquo;serve as a stepping stone toward durable peace in the region.&rdquo;

Foreign Affairs

Meeting focuses on sustained dialogue and regional stability, with both sides linking peace to economic cooperation and shared progress.

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Pakistan, Iran relaunch land trade after months-long suspension

FM Dar meets Iran Central Bank governor, note peace essential for shared progress