Pak-China border at Khunjerab to be open on Dec 8-9.

GILGIT: The Pakistan-China border force has decided to open its border temporarily for two days to ensure the return of Pakistani traders who were trapped in the Kashgar province of China.

According to Pakistani and Chinese border officials, the Khunjerab border will be open on December 8 and 9, during which around 100 Pakistani traders and goods-ladden containers trapped in Kashgar province of China will be released to Pakistan.

It is pertinent to mention here that under the Protocol Agreement, the Pak-China border was closed for four months in the winter season and usually the border closed from December 10 but this year it has earlier been closed from...