As the world focuses on the crucial Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan has launched six land transit routes for goods heading to Iran.
On April 25, the Ministry of Commerce announced the Transit of Goods through Territory of Pakistan Order 2026, implementing it immediately to establish a road corridor for alleviating cargo delays.
The directive permits the transit of goods from third countries through Pakistan for delivery to Iran by road.
Approximately 3,000 Iranian shipping containers have been at Karachi and Gwadar port since the conflict started two months back.
- The six specified routes connect Pakistan’s major ports—Karachi, Port Qasim, and Gwadar—with two Iranian border points—Gabd and Taftan—traversing through Balochistan, Pakistan’s southwest province adjacent to Iran.
The notification from the commerce ministry was founded on a 2008 accord between Islamabad and Tehran that permits the movement of goods and people via road. Iran has not utilized the routes so far because it depended on its own ports for commerce.
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