Islamabad – The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied today, Wednesday, the closing of the border crossings between the two countries, after media reports spread this week that the joint borders were closed with Iran.
“Contrary to some media reports, all border crossings along the Pakistani Iranian border are still working at full capacity,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On Sunday, several Pakistani channels published reports, quoting officials in Balochistan region The adjacent to Iran, that the crossings have been closed due to the tense situation in Iran, in light of the continued mutual bombing between Iran and Israel.
A spokesman for the Balochistan Regional Government, Rand, had told Anatolia that Pakistan had taken these measures after similar measures from the Iranian side.
This comes amid the continuation of the Pakistani efforts to evacuate its citizens residing in Iran, where Pakistan decided to evacuate diplomats and their families and a number of workers in the Pakistani embassy and Pakistani consulates in Iran.
Pakistan also worked for a few days ago to evacuate a number of Pakistani citizens, as the Pakistani “Geo News” channel quoted officials in the Immigration Department that the number of citizens who were evacuated from Iran until Monday – including students – has reached nearly 714 citizens through the Tatat border crossing with Iran.
Also, the Pakistani Foreign Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, chaired a meeting today, Wednesday, to review the progress made in the evacuation of Pakistani citizens from Iran.
The Minister urged Pakistani International Airlines in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure smooth and effective implementation of evacuation plans.
Pakistan is aligned with Iran, southwest of Pakistan, with a border of about 905 kilometers long, and several common crossings spread between the two parties. These crossings are used to transport individuals and exchange goods, and oil smuggling operations are spread from Iran to Pakistan through those borders.