Pakistan Opts For Barter Trade With Afghanistan, Iran, Russia

A man sits on top of plastic canisters of petrol that he says was brought from Iran, as he prepares to unload them from a van at a roadside shop near a Pakistan and Iran border February 20, 2013.
A man sits on top of plastic canisters of petrol that he says was brought from Iran, as he prepares to unload them from a van at a roadside shop near a Pakistan and Iran border February 20, 2013.

Pakistan has passed a special order to allow barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran and Russia for certain goods, including oil and gas, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.