Finance minister postponed Pakistan visit

On the request of the Afghan side, the next Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting was postponed and now it will be held in the last quarter of the year in Islamabad.

Afghan finance minister, Aklil Hakimi postponed his visit to Pakistan, Islamabad due to unclear reasons, an official said.

According to Finance Ministry, both the finance ministers in a telephone call discussed various issues related to the Pak-Afghan economic cooperation.

They also spoke about the possibility of holding the next Pakistan-Afghanistan JEC meeting in Islamabad in the last quarter of this year.
The meeting of the JEC, it may be added, was initially planned for end of August.

However, the Afghan finance minister requested for holding it in the later part of the year as the dates clashed with the visit to Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, a number of analysts said that a diplomatic relation between Kabul and Islamabad is suspended.

“Relation between Afghanistan and Pakistan reaches to its lower level and diplomatic pressures should be more on the country to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan,” Amin Farhang, political analyst said.

“The current policy is unclear against Pakistan, but we united can put Pakistan under pressure with acting against its national interests,” Jawid Kuhistani, military analyst said.

In the meantime, Chinese ambassador to Kabul supports Afghan government efforts for brining stability; urging Islamabad to take honest steps for ending war in Afghanistan.

After President Ghani’s statement that declared Pakistan the center of terrorism and supporting, sending terrorist to Afghanistan, ties between Kabul and Islamabad becomes dark.