{"id":21985,"date":"2026-06-15T09:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21985"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:57:41","slug":"pakistani-lawmaker-border-closures-with-afghanistan-threaten-peshawar-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/15\/pakistani-lawmaker-border-closures-with-afghanistan-threaten-peshawar-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Lawmaker: Border closures with Afghanistan threaten Peshawar industries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Pakistan Lawmaker Asad Qaiser has said that border closures and trade restrictions with Afghanistan are causing serious economic and industrial challenges for Peshawar.<br>Speaking in Pakistan\u2019s parliament, Qaiser stated that one of Peshawar\u2019s greatest economic advantages is its access to Afghan and Central Asian markets. However, he said that the closure of trade routes has disrupted commercial activity and placed local industries at risk.<br>The lawmaker urged the Pakistani government to separate political disputes from economic matters and ensure the continuation of trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan.<br>He also emphasized that issues between Kabul and Islamabad should be resolved through diplomatic channels and, where necessary, through traditional jirga mechanisms, so that ordinary people can continue their daily economic activities without disruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Pakistan Lawmaker Asad Qaiser has said that border closures and trade restrictions with Afghanistan are causing serious economic and industrial challenges for Peshawar.Speaking in Pakistan\u2019s parliament, Qaiser stated that one of Peshawar\u2019s greatest economic advantages is its access to Afghan and Central Asian markets. However, he said that the closure of trade routes has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21987,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21985\/revisions\/21987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}