Pakistan has reportedly increased taxes on Afghan goods, causing the country’s traders to stop fresh fruits export to the neighboring country.
The country’s traders in southern province of Kandahar, have been said to stop grapes and pomegranates to Pakistan and the stoppage is entered its fourth, according to reports.
The move if continued would not only harm Afghan traders, but also would impose heavy losses on the Pakistan exports and would be a harsh blow to the Afghan-Pak trade deals.
Grapes and pomegranates are mostly exported to Pakistan from Kandahar and the neighboring country would suffer considerable losses if the problem were not met.
Both Afghan and Pakistan traders have jointly said that trade and transit issues should not be politicalized and the country’s governments should do their best to enter a dialogue to solve the problems beyond their political tensions.
Relations between the two countries trace back to centuries and the two nations couldn’t be separated from each other, and the two nations would mostly likely protest against the subversive actions, as they made earlier.
Traders in the southern province said they didn’t export fresh fruits as they had boycotted exports to Pakistan after it increased import duty on the Afghans.
According to them, Pakistan had increased customs duty on hundreds of types of imported goods including grapes and pomegranates of Kandahar, and the neighboring country had previously charged 6,000 Pakistani rupees tax on each ton of pomegranates from Kandahar but increased the duty to Rs15, 000 in the new tax policy, a local media quoted.
The high taxes had rendered Afghan traders unable even to pay transport cost, a reason traders stopped their exports to Pakistan since last three days.
The government should discuss the issue with Pakistan and help reduce the tax to the previous amounts, and complained Pakistan always created problems for country’s traders.
According to media, some 100 fresh fruit traders had shared the issue with the Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry head, but to no avail.
The problem had also been shared with Pakistani authorities for a solution, earlier and both countries should reduce their taxes on some types of fruits and food items and resolve the problem.
The neighboring country, last year, also closed the Spin Boldak border crossing for three weeks at a time when fresh fruits season was in peak in Kandahar, causing eight million afghanis loss to Afghan traders.
According to media, Pakistan has increased taxes on 400 types of imported goods, including goods from Afghanistan.
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With an exorbitant amount of snow that seems to have fallen this year I am sure happy Two Fourteen is tomorrow. Cause you know each year is different and next year might not have as much snow as two thirteen right.... ? That's how it works... Correct? Why does this seem so awkward when I'm by myself? My pet frog Achilles is even acting weird right now, looking the other way when I try and make eye contact.
So a ride from the Queen up to the Parliament and across the almighty High Level was done as the city was still plowing the trails in the valley, a ride that happened about four hours late as a planned early 7 a.m ride was scrapped all due to a terrible night. A sad thought as I would have been in the thick of the snow coming down in the dark and that boys and girls would have been beyond epic.
On a positive note I was happy with how well the bike tracked through the deep snow. The only time I had trouble was riding on the fresh powder over worn snow tracks, that was a tad frustrating at times. I was loving going through the deep powder, this was all on paved trails and I'm sure riding singletrack off road would be a different story. Or would it? Hmmm..
I have a new post to share with you all today, remember when I channelled my inner Lady Gaga? If you don't, click here to refresh your memory. If you just joined us (welcome, I hope you'll stay a while!) and don't know what I'm talking about, my blogger friend Aqeela hosts a makeup challenge on her blog every week, and this week, the theme was 60's inspired makeup!
Now, I was obviously not around during this era (and if you think I was, I might have to hurt you), but every time I think of the swinging sixties, I think of Twiggy! Twiggy was known for her sleek blonde crop, wide eyes, black liner and dramatic eyeshadow/eye makeup, all while managing to look pensive and innocent. Quite the feat when you think about it! Not sure who Twiggy is? Let me jog your memory!
I don't always manage to participate in Aqeela's themes as time often away from me, but I do enjoy participating when I can as it's always great fun and all the girls always come up with the most amazing looks.
I didn't have as much time and energy to devote to this theme as I'd have liked, as I have been unusually busy and also a little bit under the weather, but I had great fun putting my own spin on the classic 'Twiggy' look. I couldn't be bothered with false lashes so I just drew them on with a fine liner brush and some black shadow!
I hope you enjoyed my 60's inspired look, it was great fun doing this look and my only regret is not having enough time/energy to do a better job! Don't forget to check out Aqeela's blog for the rest of the contributions to this week's theme!
Thank you, Mishelle! I have to say Twiggy is the only thing that comes to mind when I think of the sixties, what else comes to you?
Yet another beautiful look from you. I am so impressed with your skills and your ability to get a great photo. I am amazed at how difficult it is to get a good photo where it shows up the detail of the makeup and the colours used. Well done. x
Oh, thank you so much, Kate, your words always put a big smile on my face. I actually really struggle to get decent photos, particularly in the lighting in my flat! It always looks so much nicer in real life.
Stunning eyes and photos hon - love the lower lashes, at first I thought it was a shadow from your top ones, so clever :-) You and grey are perfect partners...
Aw, thank you so much, Kat! It's actually white, not grey, but I don't know why it came off looking more grey in the photos! :)
Love it! The wing tipped eye line you drew looks perfect. Mine always end up unbalanced. Also, did you know they have falsies for bottom lashes? Yep they do!
Aw, thank you! I have no idea how I did it haha...bet you next time I try it for a night out it will go all wonky on me. :P
Oh wow! Wish I could carry this off - I actually have ridiculously long (thankfully blonde) lower lashes so I have to avoid wearing mascara otherwise I'd look like Twiggy every day, lol!
You're so lucky! Actually, I can't remember if I actually put mascara on my lower lashes lol...I can think of worse fates than looking like Twiggy every day. ;)
I love what you did with the bottom lashes, what a great idea! Your whole look absolutely rocked! Well, all of the girls did! We all did a great job with a rather limited range ;)
I love Twiggy too - and his looks so amazing, and it suits you so well too! Well done for recreating this so well!!!
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