PCMEA welcomes multimodal corridor for Afghanistan.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) on Sunday welcomed the government's decision to allow the delivery of goods by air between the Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Welcoming the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) notification in this regard, the PCMEA Senior Vice Chairman Usman Ashraf, Carpet Training Institute CTI Chairperson Pervez Hanif and other office-bearers said that it would reduce the difficulties faced by exporters and importers.

They called for removing obstacles in commercial transport through Torkham Border, arguing that partially finished raw materials for Pakistan's handmade carpets industry transported to Pakistan from Afghanistan, but due to hurdles and difficulties en route Torkham Border, it was very hard to carry out...