Daily Times

KHYBER AGENCY: The Pak border security forces once again restricted entry of Afghan drivers and conductors and asked them not to cross into Pakistan without legal traveling documents via Torkham border.

The security forces sources informed that on the direction of high ups all Afghan citizens including conductors of trucks were asked to produce their valid travel documents while crossing into Pakistan. However the drivers of the vehicles would be permitted on road-pass, the official said.

In reaction, Afghan transport union announced strike against the fresh restriction policy by the Pak officials, refused to cross into Pakistan and parked their vehicles on Afghanistan side of Torkham border. A nominated jirga of Afghan transporters comprising Haji Qasim and Khushal visited Pak Torkham, and met the officials and apprised them of their grievances.

The Pak officials assured them that their complaints would be conveyed to the high officials for consideration.

The representatives of truckers were of the view that they could not meet terms and conditions of the immediate border crossing plan pertaining to the transporters as it was impossible for them to be indulged in visa process for brief travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It is worth mentioning here that during border management scheme, implemented at Torkham border, the transport community was spared of border limitations and driver was allowed to enter on road pass or rahdari card while the conductors without passport had to pay Rs.2000 fine.

Human trafficking: Fake Pakistani Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) and passports were recovered from a member of allegedly human trafficking group here at Torkham border last day.

The border security forces officials said that the on duty officials during routine checking recovered 13 fake CNICs and 14 original Pakistani passports from the possession of Afghanistan bound Afghan citizen.

The illegal cards had been pasted to his body with tape by the human trafficker when he was nabbed, sources said.

During investigation, the accused revealed important information and on his information, the security forces raided in Peshawar and arrested head of the human smuggling group identified as Shafi. An imported passport machine was also recovered that was utilized for making the passport.

According to the security forces official original Pakistani passport had been formed with original data but photo changed of and ID cards with the assistance of some black sheep of the concerned departments.

Gurmitti: A young girl was killed over an old enmity in Gurmitti area of Oghi on Thursday.

Nazakat Bibi, 14, was on her way back home after fetching water in Gurmitti village when one Waqas Shah allegedly opened fire at her. Locals shifted her to a nearby hospital where the doctors pronounced her dead. Police handed over the body to the family after autopsy at the Civil Hospital in Oghi.