The fourth meeting of Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee (PAJC) Beyond Boundaries Phase III was held at Islamabad, on 06 September, 2018.
The PAJC groups urged the two governments:
- For an early & effective operationization of APAPPS to facilitate peace and security in our two countries.
- Focus on the humanitarian dimension of the bilateral relationship to end violence for a dignified return of refugees and honorable treatment to each other.
- To increase exchanges related to economic and trade cooperation to overcome the barriers impeding trade.
- Recognize that there has been a positive increase in bilateral trade.
- Create a group represented by two persons each from the Afghan media and the Pakistani media using Beyond Boundaries as a platform to improve media interaction with the objective of creating a positive perception of bilateral relations
- To support Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan.
- Recommends that Pakistani media channels should be issued visas to travel to Afghanistan for coverage of Afghan parliamentary elections in October 2018.
- Recommends that APAPPS as a platform should be used for the betterment of the management of the refugees and the returnees to Afghanistan. On this platform, several other parallel issues their repatriation can also be resolved, related to their assets. The repatriation should also be carried out in a humanitarian manner.
- Since Afghanistan is a priority area of the new government, Beyond Boundaries should be co-opted as a focal group to help in improving bilateral relations.
- Assign focal points in the government of Pakistan and in the government of Afghanistan to facilitate implementation of recommendation of Beyond Boundaries.
- Beyond Boundaries should submit a comprehensive document to the government of Pakistan starting from the first meeting in 2015, detailing what has been achieved and what could not be achieved, so as to introduce the efforts as well as accomplishments of Beyond Boundaries to the government. This should be presented to the Foreign Secretary and a copy should also be sent to the Prime Minister.
- The government to overcome the barriers in trade.
- Recommends Dari & Pashto dramas be dubbed in Urdu and aired in Pakistan and vice versa.