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MENAFN.COM
April 2, 2018
(MENAFN - Daily Outlook Afghanistan) PESHAWAR - Participants of a daylong conference in Peshawar have asked the government of Pakistan to issue Afghan traders with visas at the Torkham border crossing. Attended by trade leaders and political figures, the all parties conference (APC) presented theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
LANDIKOTAL: Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique Rajwana along with his family members visited Landikotal and Torkham border on Saturday. Rajwana and his family were also accompanied by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra. The governors' convey, escorted by paramilitary troops,Ãâà...
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
Qadri was speaking at a public gathering arranged by All Torkham Customs Clearing Agents Association at Torkham border on Saturday. He said that Ashraf Ghani was a puppet of Narendra Modi who uses him to promote Indian interests in Afghanistan. “Afghanistan is our second homeland but Pakistan isÃâà...
The Nation
March 23, 2018
PESHAWAR - The government has installed online custom clearance and registration system on Pak-Afghan border at Torkham. A spokesman of Collectorate of Customs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said that irregularities in export and import will be controlled with the installation of this system. It will facilitateÃâà...
The Nation
March 22, 2018
The government has installed online custom clearance and registration system on Pak-Afghan border at Torkham, reported Radio Pakistam. A spokesman of Collectorate of Customs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told media that irregularities in export and import will be controlled with the installation of this systemÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 18, 2018
The smuggler, who was recently apprehended by border forces at Torkham while carrying almost three kilograms of Lapis Lazuli to Pakistan, said he has smuggled a large amount of gemstones from Karan-o-Manjan mines. The 43-year-old man said he takes them to Peshawar in Pakistan where he sellsÃâà...
TOLOnews
March 17, 2018
An investigation by TOLOnews found that the Pakistani military has built new facilities close to Torkham Crossing – along the Durand Line, the de facto border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Residents claim that Pakistani forces have continued fencing the border areas and that sometimes they enter areas that haveÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 12, 2018
LANDIKOTAL: The Khassadar force personnel at Torkham border foiled a bid to smuggle sniper guns from Afghanistan and arrested the gun-runners, officials said on Sunday. Political Muharrir Ali Raza, a local official, told The News that an empty truck (779-NGR) coming from Afghanistan was stopped atÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 12, 2018
Clearing agents and exporters at Torkham border said that NLC's stopping of their vehicles was uncalled for as it was not authorised to take such an illegal action. They said neither the NLC nor the customs officials had given them any prior intimation about the abrupt suspension of exports to Afghanistan.
The Nation
March 12, 2018
KHYBER AGENCY - The Khasadar force on Sunday claimed to have recovered 20 snipes from a truck coming from Afghanistan at Torkham border. Political Naib-Tehsildar Torkham Tehsinullah said that the Khasadar personnel recovered the weapons from the truck (NGR-779) during a routine checking atÃâà...
The Nation
March 4, 2018
KHYBER AGENCY - The political administration recovered 47 kilogramme of hashish and 25 kilogramme of opium from a truck arriving from Afghanistan here at the Torkham road of Tehsil Landi Kotal on Sunday. The political tehsildar, Shamsul Islam, told The Nation that on a tip-off, that narcotics would beÃâà...
Business Recorder
March 2, 2018
All export and import clearing process was remained suspended at Torkham border as strike of clearing agents continued on third consecutive day on Wednesday. In this connection a massive protest rally was organized in Landi Kotal Bazaar that was attended by hundreds of clearing workers along withÃâà...
Business Recorder
March 1, 2018
The clearing agents association established a protest camp in Torkham and took out a protest demonstration in favour of their demands. The angry mob while carrying black flags and chanted slogans against implementation of the WeBOC system. They also initiated set-in on the main road of Torkham andÃâà...
TOLOnews
February 25, 2018
A report by TOLOnews from Torkham reveals that syndicates operating at Torkham land port have links with armed gangs and work with them to earn money. About a month ago, TOLOnews reported that traders and drivers at Torkham port buy quality control certificates for vegetables and fruits from “agents”. However, theÃâà...
The Nation
February 10, 2018
A protest demonstration was staged in Torkham by tribesmen against the policies followed by National Logistics Cell in Khyber Agency on Saturday. Numbers of tribesmen of Khuga Khel tribe took part in the protest. The protesting tribesmen were holding banner inscribed with slogans in the favour of theirÃâà...
The News International
February 6, 2018
LANDIKOTAL: The Torkham Khassadars foiled another bid to smuggle a huge quantity of narcotics from Afghanistan and arrested an Afghan national, official said on Tuesday. Torkham Khassadars' commander Shakeel Khan Afridi told The News that an empty truck was stopped at Torkham border asÃâà...
The News International
February 5, 2018
LANDIKOTAL: The Khassadar personnel on Monday foiled a bid to smuggle a chemical to Afghanistan and arrested alleged peddlers, officials said.Political tehsildar of Landikotal, Shamsul Islam told The News Khassadar Commander Shakeel Afridi stopped a truck (KBL-1175) at Torkham border. He saidÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
Officials say the Ghulam Khan border point, which will have modern facilities, could become the biggest trade route as containers bringing Afghan transit goods from Karachi port would use this crossing instead of Torkham. Pakistan and Afghanistan have a transit agreement, which was signed in 1960s andÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
LANDIKOTAL: Scores of customs clearing agents and traders on Monday staged a protest rally in Torkham bazaar and asked the Supreme Court to take notice of, what they thought were, illogical and unlawful rules implemented by Customs Department officials for import and export of goods from and toÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
December 31, 1999
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) LANDI KOTAL, 26 February: Trade activities at the Pak-Afghan Torkham border in Khyber Agency came to a standstill on Monday as the local clearing agents started protest against the newly established computerized customs clearance system, WeBOC (web-based oneÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Hundreds of vehicles loaded with cement, sugar, wheat flour, fruits and vegetables along with goods taken to Afghanistan under the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement were stranded both at the border and along the Peshawar-Torkham Highway at various locations. Custom clearing agents at Torkham toldÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
LANDI KOTAL: Exports to Afghanistan via Torkham border remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the agitated local custom clearing agents and traders held a protest demonstration against the computerised clearing of export goods. Holding black flags and chanting slogansÃâà...
TOLOnews
December 31, 1999
A report by TOLOnews from Torkham reveals that syndicates operating at Torkham land port have links with armed gangs and work with them to earn money. About a month ago, TOLOnews reported that traders and drivers at Torkham port buy quality control certificates for vegetables and fruits fromÃâà...
