Pakistan has officially authorized the transit of goods from Iran through its territory, allowing Iranian goods to go through the Pakistani ports of Karachi, Port Bin Qasim, and Gwadar. This is meant to allow key logistical gateways for Iranian trade to evade Washington’s maritime blockade, which would strangle the Islamic Republic’s access to global commerce.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency stated May 4, the Monthly Review’s MR Online reported that Islamabad’s Ministry of Commerce issued the “Transit of Goods through Territory of Pakistan Order 2026” on April 25, bringing it into immediate effect. The order activates a bilateral road transport agreement signed with Tehran in 2008 but never put into effect.
