Pak-Afghan trade: 500 truckloads of goods to cross Torkham border on Monday on June 18, 2020Two hundred and fifty export-loaded vehicles and the same number of import-loaded vehicles to be crossed in and out at Torkham border, to be functioned from Monday, 22, June, 2020, decision made in a joint meeting of Pak and Afghan officials held at the border on Wednesday. In a joint moot, Brigadier Shaukat Rana, Commandant […]
Khyber transporters protest against collection of ‘unlawful money’ on June 17, 2020The transporter community of Khyber district carried out protest demonstration against collection of unlawful money from drivers in Bara here at Bacha Khan Chowk, main bazaar of Landi Kotal on Tuesday. Dozens of local transporters gathered at Bacha Khan Square,Landi Kotal Bazar while holding banner inscribed with slogans in favor of their demand. They chanted […]
Afghanistan-return Pakistanis allowed to go home without being quarantined on June 9, 2020Approximately 485 Pakistan nationals trapped in Afghanistan due to Covid-19, who had been brought back to the country via Torkham border last Saturday, were allowed to go home without quarantine in Landi Kotal. It is worth mentioning here that as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the Pak-Afghan sharing border Torkham is resumed for pedestrians crossing […]
Teacher brutally tortures student in Landi Kotal on May 29, 2020Father of a student who reads in 8th grade in school in Landi Kotal has demanded of the education department to implement corporal punishment ban policy in latter and spirit in private education institutions. Talking to media persons during a presser held here in Landi Kotal press club on Thursday, Malik Sameen Afridi said that […]
46 Pakistanis test positive for COVID-19 upon return from Afghanistan on May 28, 2020Forty six Afghanistan-returned Pakistani citizens were identified corona positive on the last day. The district administration official told that previous week after brought them back from Afghanistan and quarantined in various centre in Landi Kotal, test samples of 278 suspected had been collected and sent to laboratory test. As per the test results, announced by […]
Khyber transporters refuse to supply transit commodities to Afghanistan on May 27, 2020The transporters of Khyber announced their boycott of supplying transit commodities across the border to Afghanistan via Torkham as per standard operating procedure (SOP) initiated by the government on Tuesday. It is to be mentioned here that keeping in view threat of corona pandemic, the Pak-Afghan governments jointly formulated a strategy to resume supply of […]
District emergency officer pays surprise visit to Rescue 1122 control room on May 21, 2020To check efficiency and capability of Rescue 1122, district emergency officer Malik Ashfaq Hussain paid a surprised visit to control room and station of the centre in Jamrud. The in-charge officer inspected all the operational vehicles, ambulances and other apparatus utilize during emergency and gave necessary instructions to the officials on the spot. He also […]
NGO distributes ration among deserving people of Zentara on May 19, 2020Ranra Welfare Organization distributed food package among the deserving people on Monday. In this connection a simple but impressive gathering was arranged in Government High School, Zentara that was attended by tribal elder, Malik Darya Khan Afridi as chief guest beside numbers of civil society and locals. Chairman of the organization Inamullah Afridi, press sectary […]
Stranded Afghans protest against suspension of Torkham border on May 13, 2020Trapped Afghan nationals staged a protest demonstration against suspension of Torkham border on Tuesday. A large number of stranded Afghan citizens, gathered in front of Landi Kotal press club in main bazaar while asking for relaxation at the border. They chanted full-throat slogans against Afghan government and the Afghan ambassador in Islamabad. The speakers said […]
Afghan authorities allow their citizens stranded in Pakistan to return on May 7, 2020Thousands of Afghan citizens, stranded in Landi Kotal for a week, were permitted to cross to their country, Afghanistan here on Wednesday. Last week hundreds of thousands Afghan nationals including women and children, had traveled to Landi Kotal from various areas of Pakistan to cross the Torkham border to their native country but the Afghan […]