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India Today
March 19, 2018
Things turned ugly on Sunday evening when four members of the Qureshi family approached Ghulam Khan. The argument soon turned into a fight. The Qureshi men were carrying knives and they stabbed Ghulam several times. Watching their father being stabbed, Shahbaz and Shahbad rushed to hisÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 19, 2018
Father and daughter were handed over to the Afghan authorities at the Ghulam Khan border. The man had crossed the border at Angor Adda area of South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in a desperate attempt to treat his visually impaired daughter. Payenda Khan, a resident of Paktia province, along with hisÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 13, 2018
Meanwhile, after years of closure, the Ghulam Khan crossing point linking Khost province of Afghanistan with the North Waziristan of Pakistan opened last week upon the persisting demands of traders in both the country, Alakozay said. He said this breakthrough can help overcome impediments inÃâà...
Daily Times
March 12, 2018
Earlier the Afghan security officials had stopped four trucks, carrying cement, shortly after the convoy crossed Ghulam Khan border that was opened on March 9 for trial operations for cross-border trade after nearly three years. Afghan security and custom officials cleared the trucks Sunday morning after aÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
March 10, 2018
ISLAMABAD – The Ghulam Khan check post in North Waziristan Agency was reopened on Friday for bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to political administration of North Waziristan Agency, several vehicles loaded with trade goods proceeded to Afghanistan via Ghulam KhanÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 10, 2018
MIRANSHAH: The Pak-Afghan border was reopened on Friday for trade activities at Ghulam Khan, North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on trial basis. Ghulam Khan border was closed for every sort of economic activities as well as for tribesmen living on both sides of Pak-Afghan border on June 15, 2014, whenÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 10, 2018
PESHAWAR: The Ghulam Khan trade route between Pakistan and Afghanistan in North Waziristan Agency was reopened on trial basis on Friday. Officials said that eight trucks loaded with miscellaneous items proceeded from Miramshah, the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan, to AfghanistanÃâà...
Xinhua
March 9, 2018
ISLAMABAD, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Friday reopened an important border crossing with Afghanistan after nearly three years in a bid to boost trade between the two countries, officials said. The Ghulam Khan border, the third major crossing point with Afghanistan in North Waziristan tribal region,Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 9, 2018
Ghulam Khan Crossing -- one of the 18 border crossings between the two countries that connects Pakistan's northwestern North Waziristan tribal region with northeastern Khost province of Afghanistan -- was closed in 2014 following military operations against the Taliban and affiliated armed groups in theÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 9, 2018
“With the opening of the Pak-Afghan Ghulam Khan border in March, there will be four routes through which the trade will be conducted with Afghanistan,” he informed. Answering a question about Pakistanis living in Saudi Arabia, Dr Faisal said that “our foreign missions in Jeddah were working together toÃâà...
The Strategist (blog)
March 8, 2018
The Ghulam Khan crossing point in North Waziristan was expected to open yesterday. Officials say it could become the biggest trade route between the two states. The border was closed in 2014 when security forces launched a major operation against Taliban militants. Meanwhile, the border is beingÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 8, 2018
MIRANSHAH: The political administration on Wednesday postponed the reopening of the Ghulam Khan border-crossing with Afghanistan. The administration had postponed the reopening of the border route due to unknown reasons. The decision at the eleventh hour has disappointed the traders andÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 8, 2018
PESHAWAR: The opening of Ghulam Khan border between Pakistan and Afghanistan was delayed yet again for an indefinite time period on Wednesday. Officials in the political administration were forced to make the knowledge public when a large number of trucks and other vehicles loaded with goodsÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 6, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A key trade route between Afghanistan and Pakistan is set to reopen in a couple of days after four years of closure, says an official. The Ghulam Khan crossing-point in North Waziristan Agency, one of the seven notified trade routes withÃâà...
UrduPoint News
March 6, 2018
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Mar, 2018 ):Ghulam Khan Check post in North Waziristan agency is being opened tomorrow for bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to political administration, the security forces and local administration have finalized allÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 5, 2018
(MENAFN - Pajhwok Afghan News) PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A key trade route between Afghanistan and Pakistan is set to reopen in a couple of days after four years of closure, says an official. The Ghulam Khan crossing-point in North Waziristan Agency, one of the seven notified trade routes withÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 5, 2018
Ghulam Khan crossing point, one of the seven notified trade routes with Afghanistan, was closed for trade and normal traffic in June 2014 when army launched an operation against militants. After Torkham in Khyber Agency and Chaman in Balochistan, Ghulam Khan is the third busiest trade corridor withÃâà...
Gandhara
February 28, 2018
Earlier this month, I sat next to the Pakistani general leading tens of thousands of troops in a northwestern region once considered the epicenter of global terrorism. Major General Azhar Iqbal Abassi, an infantryman, was cordial, and our meeting was frank and candid. With the help of PowerPoint, he gaveÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 24, 2018
Ghulam Khan route to be opened for bilateral trade in March, tribesmen told. Date ... MIRANSHAH, 23 February: The civil and military authorities have assured the tribal elders of the North Waziristan that the Ghulam Khan route would be opened for bilateral trade with Afghanistan in the first week of March.
Pakistan Today
February 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Notables from North Waziristan Agency (NWA) called on Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari at Zardari House, Islamabad on Wednesday and announced to join PPP. The NWA notables who joined PPP included Malik Ghulam Khan Wazir, Malik Muhamad Asheer,Ãâà...
The Nation
February 11, 2018
“Ghulam Khan Crossing would be third biggest trade route between Afghanistan and Pakistan after Chaman and Torkham. Around 500 trucks of goods are transported from this crossing on a daily basis. Once the new three-lane highway opens next month, the number would climb further,” the official addedÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 10, 2018
MIRANSHAH: Once a hotbed of terrorism and a centre of poppy cultivation, North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is set to transform into a hub of regional and trans-regional trade as Ghulam Khan border crossing is about to be inaugurated next month. It merits mention here that Pakistan has constructed aÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 7, 2018
PESHAWAR: About 100 families from North Waziristan Agency have been stranded at the border as the Afghan officials have stopped them from proceeding to their home towns via the Ghulam Khan checkpost on account of not having relevant documents. Political Agent Karman Afridi told mediapersons inÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 4, 2018
The majority of families belong to Data Khel, Ghulam Khan and Spinwam tehsils and were registered by the National Database and Registration Authority. They will be provided will cooked meal and other non-food items in Baka Khel camps at Bannu. Talking to The Express Tribune, Haji Iqbal WazirÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
MIRANSHAH: The political administration on Saturday announced to reopen the Ghulam Khan border crossing in North Waziristan with Afghanistan for trade from March 7. The decision was taken in a jirga of the tribal elders and traders with the political administration held here. Assistant Political OfficerÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
It may be added that the second phase of the return home of the Pakistani households that migrated to Afghanistan in 2014 was earlier scheduled to begin on February 6. However, Pakistani officials at the time said the Pakistani families wanted to come and had reached the border of Ghulam Khan from theÃâà...
The Express Tribune
December 31, 1999
PESHAWAR: Around 50 families living in Afghanistan as temporarily displaced people arrived in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) through the Ghulam Khan crossing on Monday after successful negotiations between authorities of the two countries. Political Agent administers polio drops. PHOTO: EXPRESS.
Arab News
December 31, 1999
... that the families were returning to Pakistan as a result of successful negotiations with Afghanistan and would enter Pakistan via the Ghulam Khan border. ... with food and transportation facilities from the border town of Ghulam Khan all the way to Bannu, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, claimed the political agent.
