Border Trade Can Change Balochistan’s Destiny and Become the Foundation of Economic Self-Reliance: Mir Ijaz Khan Sanjrani

NOKKUNDI (Daily Qudrat): Balochistan Awami Party provincial vice president and former adviser to the Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Ijaz Khan Sanjrani has said that Corps Commander Balochistan Lieutenant General Inayat Hussain’s efforts to promote border trade in Balochistan are a positive development of far-reaching importance for the province’s economic future. These steps will not only give a new direction to trade activities but also brighten the possibilities of economic improvement for ordinary citizens.

In his statement, he said that Balochistan’s geographical position has the full potential to make it an important centre of regional trade. The need is to utilise this potential through an effective strategy and to directly involve the people living in border areas in the development process.

Mir Ijaz Khan Sanjrani said that removing obstacles related to border trade, providing a favourable environment for traders and bringing ease and transparency to the trade system is the need of the hour. As a result of these steps, local businesses will expand, employment opportunities will be created for youth and help will be extended in reducing the economic deprivations of border areas.

He further said that Balochistan’s durable development is not possible through mere announcements; rather, practical steps are needed whose benefits reach the people directly. By making border trade part of a legal and organised trade system, new paths of investment, business and economic activities can be opened in the province.

Mir Ijaz Khan Sanjrani expressed the resolve that the people of Balochistan want peace, development and prosperity, and steps such as the promotion of border trade will prove helpful in reaching this destination. He expressed the hope that these efforts will be taken forward with continuity so that Balochistan’s youth can get dignified employment, traders better business opportunities and the people a stable economic future.