…Torkham border officials said Afghan Emarat-e-Islami border police went out of control TORKHAM BORDER: Torkham border crossing remained closed for all kinds of movements on the second day after Afghan border authorities first closed the border and escalated gun fire over the issue of an Afghan patient who was not allowed to enter Pakistan without valid
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Pak-Afghan Border officials hold meeting
…As Custom collector ask Afghan border officials to take serious steps to stop contrabands being smuggled from Pakistan TORKHAM BORDER: Pak-Afghan management and Afghan border officials held meeting at Torkham border and discussed bilateral trade and other related issues. Pakistani including Frontier Corps(FC) Federal Investigation Agency(FIA) and custom officials participated. Addtional collector custom Muhamaad Rizwan
Read morePolice bust gang of thieves
…six stolen car batteries were recovered from the gang TORKHAM: Police arrested a group of gangsters and recovered theft items from them, police said on Thursday. Station House Office Akbar Khan Afridi said that on the tip off they constituted a police party and deployed at various locations in Torkham. He said they busted eight alleged
Read moreTwo dead, 7 injured in Torkham traffic accident
…The Daily Vendor learnt that the incident occurred when a container truck overturned in Torkham border LANDIKOTAL: Two persons died and seven others wounded when a heavy container truck overturned in Torkham border on Sunday, health official said. The deputy Suprintendent of District Headquarters hospital Dr Halim Khan said that a container loaded truck parked
Read moreForeign fabrics seized at Torkham
…The Daily Vendor learnt that foreign fabrics were hidden inside a coal loaded truck TORKHAM: Pakistan customs and Frontier Corps(FC) personnel in a joint action foiled a bid to smuggle foreign fabrics worth million of rupees at Torkham border crossing,officials said on Sunday. Collector customs inforcement Khyber Pakhinkhwa Amjadur Rehman told reporters that acting on
Read morePak-Afghan officials, traders hold meeting in Torkham
…As Pak-Afghan chamber representatives urge Afghanistan to increase coal export for Pakistan and reduce tax on it TORKHAM: Pakistan and Afghanistan border officials and traders on Tuesday held a meeting at Torkham border and discussed various trade and vehicles movement issues on Torkham border. Additional collector custom Muhammad Rizwan led the Pakistani side. Pakistan custom,
Read moreLabourers stage protest in Torkham
…some protesting labourers seen on the floor holding frontier corps vehicle LANDIKOTAL: Labourers and dailywagers on Saturday observed protest demonstration at Torkham border against frontier corps repeated physical abuse of labourers. Torkham border labourers union president Farman Shinwari said that frontier corps personnel brutally trash labourers and dailywagers. He said it was not the legal
Read morePorters Stage Sit-in Protest at Torkham Border
TORKHAM BORDER: Hundreds of daily wagers and porters on Monday staged a protesting sit-in in Torkham against the strict conditions and visa for labourers who frequently cross the border. A number of local bodies representatives and leders also attended the sti-in staged in busy Torkham border. The protesters marched in Torkham border and holding banners
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