In this file photo cargo trucks, including those carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen halted along the Pakistan-Torkham border. PHOTO: REUTERS
An official of the political administration, Fayaz Khan on Friday confirmed the route was open for Nato supply traffic and containers carrying supplies to Afghanistan as well as containers heading to Karachi with goods continue to cross the border at Torkham.
According to Khan, on Friday three containers loaded with goods from Nato troops in Afghanistan passed through Khyber Agency for Karachi, while one vehicle passed into Afghanistan after screening. “The trucks arrived a day ago and were parked at Torkham’s Nato Terminal under high security. They were allowed to head to Karachi on Friday morning after scanning and customs clearance, and they passed through Jamrud check post to Peshawar,” said Khan.
The official added this was not the first time that containers passed through. On January 31, three trucks passed through Khyber Agency destined for Karachi, while on January 23 and January 24, one container each day crossed the border into Afghanistan. “They came from Karachi via Peshawar, none of the PTI activists stopped them,” claimed Khan.
Another political administration official deployed at Torkham said a few containers carrying Nato goods from Afghanistan have reached Torkham and are parked at the terminal. He added khasadars and paramilitary officials were providing security to the vehicles and they will be sent to Karachi after the activists end their sit-in.
Activists of the PTI and its coalition partners in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have set up a protest camp at the Hayatabad Toll Plaza in Peshawar since November 23 to prevent trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan from crossing the border. The sit-in is arranged in protest of the US government’s drone strikes in the region and PTI chief Imran Khan has said it would continue till the strikes end. However, Nato supply vehicles from both sides of the border continue to cross over.
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Oh really so how many trucks passed in this 80 day sit-in? 10? 20? These much used to pass EVERYDAY. Sad how things are exaggerated and people here are still condemning PTI and not taking any stance on the Federal government. slow claps for the losers.
Pakistani politicians have weak memory. This was a good strategy in dealing with PTI's NATO blockade....if its out of the news people will forget about it after few months, including PTI.
My people! This is NOT correct. PTI continue to block the passage through KP. The only trucks that MIGHT have gone to Afghanistan are the ones with medical supplies because denying that would be inhumane. There has been a decrease in the drone strikes since the blockade. Do note that Americans despite having alternative routes through Central Asia continue to use Pakistan, because the risks of the other methods (except for plane carry) are huge. Long live PTI! Pakistan Zindabad!
I have noticed that Pakistani leaders lie with impunity and also seem to get away with it. Whether it comes to making false claims regarding opponents or making false claims regarding themselves, they do it at the drop of a hat. So much so for Mr. Imran "Taliban" Khan's claims of removing corruption from Pakistan. How about starting from your own party and its press releases please?
ET and the payed trolls on this website, just make me laugh
they dream pti, they see pti and they fell PTI