The Torkham border has been closed to all traffic. According to a statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the Torkham border has been closed to traffic, and will remain closed until further notice by the Immigration NCOC. In a message on the microblogging website Twitter, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said that the closed border had been closed on the instructions of the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC).
The decision was taken to curb the spread of the corona virus, he said, adding that the Torkham immigration center on the Pak-Afghan border would remain closed to all traffic until new instructions from the Interior Ministry like the NCOC were issued. Are not received.
Earlier, the Torkham border was closed to all traffic due to the corona virus.
In May this year, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) decided to ban Afghan nationals from entering Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing. In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Khyber District Arshad Mansoor said that under the NCOC decision, a new SOP has been formulated for the Torkham border crossing, under which Afghan citizens will be barred from entering Pakistan from May 5 to May 20. He said that corona test will be done at the time of entry from Afghanistan and the passenger with positive test will be isolated for 14 days. Deputy Commissioner Arshad Mansoor said that Afghan nationals in Pakistan would be allowed to return home while transit vehicles would be used as usual.