China-Pakistan trade link hit by strike

[Ray]

China-Pakistan trade link hit by strike

BEIJING: The Khunjerab Pass, the world's highest-paved international border crossing connecting Pakistan to China, is blocked due to a strike by local traders. The traders have blocked the movement of vehicles at the Sust Dry Port located at the high-altitude of 10,000 ft on the crucial Karakoram Highway.

This is the second time local traders have blocked the land travel and trade route between the two countries protesting against the shoddy repairs in the flood-hit Attabad Spillway. The strikers led by Gilgit-Baltistan Chamber of Commerce are protesting against what they regard as sloppy performance of the government-run Front Works Organization involved in the repairs of the flood-hit Attabad Spillway.

The organization recently blasted a portion of the Spillway to drain an artificial lake that threatened to cause serious floods.

The blasting of the %Spillway threw up several issues about the future flooding risks for the local population and the regular flow of men and material on the Khunjerab Pass.

China-Pakistan trade link hit by strike - The Times of India

Most surprising that Pakistan, whose economy is tottering, is blocking the lifeline to their survival from the only country that has some weakness for them.

And worse still the FWO and the Pakistan Govt does not even care to keep the road open and instead adds avoidable bottlenecks to ensure rapid transit of goods from China!

It is also surprising that China which has a massive concentration troops in Pakistan Northern Area are equally not interested in ensuring that this vital road is kept serviceable and operational!

 

[satish007]

Thanks Allah they just strike