Pakistan and Iran have constituted a joint committee to monitor the 900-kilometre-long porous border between the two countries in order to prevent human trafficking and drug smuggling.
The committee will comprise security and district administration officers from both countries.
A 22-member Iranian delegation headed by Governor of the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Aaqai Ali Osat Hashemi, met Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri to discuss measures to ensure legal movement at the border in addition to cooperation on power projects.
The Balochistan CM told the delegation that the Gwadar-Chabahar Memorandum of Understanding will be implemented in letter and spirit.
Zehri apprised the delegation that the Makran zone was receiving 70 megawatts of electricity from Iran. He said work was under way for provision of 1,000MW of power to Pakistan.
“I will visit Iran with regards to power projects to end load shedding in the coastal belt and other parts of Balochistan,” he said.
Hashemi assured Pakistan of Iran’s support to overcome its energy crisis. He said Iran was ready to cooperate with Pakistan in all sectors and boost brotherly relations between the two countries.
Balochistan Chief Secretary Saifullah Chahtha, Inspector General Police Ahsan Mehboob and other high-ups also attended the meeting.
The delegation surveyed the pace of development activities in Gwadar during their visit to the port city.
Iranian officials visited the Gwadar deep sea port, the proposed site of the Gwadar free trade zone, the Gwadar civic port and other areas under development.
Chairman Gwadar Port Authority Dostain Khan Jamaldini briefed the participants of the delegation about development activities in the country’s port city. He said the launch of the port would open new vistas of development and prosperity in the region.
The Iranian delegation was also briefed about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the expected impact it would have on the economy of Pakistan and region.
