Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that trucks carrying medicines and other pharmaceutical products will not be stopped from entering Islamabad, which remains under tightened security ahead of potential US-Iran peace talks.

As part of the security arrangements, heavy vehicles and trucks have been denied entry into the city, leading to shortages of items such as medicines.

Media reports, shared by Naqvi on X, showed that trucks carrying medicines, vaccines and other items have been parked outside the city.

“Pharmaceutical vehicles will not be stopped. We will ensure that they face no hurdles in delivering medicines across Islamabad,” the minister says.

Similarly, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon has issued a statement saying that certain heavy vehicles will be allowed entry into the city.

“Special permission has been granted for vehicles bringing petroleum products, food items, and medicines to enter the city,” he says on X.

“In this regard, the district administration is in continuous contact with foodstuffs, vegetable and fruit distributors, the Drug Regulatory Authority, the pharmaceutical industry and petrol pump owners and suppliers.”

Memon adds that none of these vehicles are being barred from entering the city, and that the ban on other heavy vehicles will remain in place “until further orders”.