BEIJING, Apr 3 (APP): The\u00a0Khunjerab Pass, a major trade route between Pakistan and China was opened after a closure of almost three years in wake of Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pass that connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region was closed in the year 2020 after spread of Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to official sources, the Chinese authorities have shared a letter with Pakistani officials regarding the reopening of the pass for the trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The port authorities on the Chinese side of Khunjerab Pass have been instructed to take all necessary measures regarding Covid-19 before the start of the arrival of goods from Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similarly, Pakistani border authorities have also been instructed to take all measures regarding Covid-19, ensuring the containment of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It may be mentioned here that as result of cold weather and lack of oxygen in the high altitude, Khunjerab Pass generally opens from April 1 to November 30 every year, and remains closed from December 1 to March 31 of the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But to ensure the smooth customs clearance of Pakistan\u2019s urgently needed and other supplies, the port was temporarily opened twice early this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though with difficulties including extremely cold weather, heavy snow and lack of oxygen, the local customs have worked around the clock to ensure the transportation of cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, the last temporary opening was last for 12 days between January 30 and February 10 while the first port opening was between January 19\u00c2 and 20 this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two temporary openings facilitated 128 cross-border personnel visits, 328 transportation vehicles\u2019 passes, and more than 6,000 tons of goods exported, as per foreign affairs office of Kashgar prefecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is believed that the reopening of the border crossing will help boost economic activities between the two countries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING, Apr 3 (APP): The\u00a0Khunjerab Pass, a major trade route between Pakistan and China was opened after a closure of almost three years in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. The pass that connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China\u2019s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region was closed in the year 2020 after spread of Covid-19 outbreak. According to official sources, the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,81,396,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-china","category-latest","category-paksitan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}