By Ashrafuddin Pirzada
LANDIKOTAL: After the closure of Pak-Afghan border for 15 days, Khyber authorities, in the second step, closed down National Database and Registration Authority(NADRA) and driving licence offices for two weeks as a safety measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, official sources said on Monday.
The sources said that Nadra offices in Landikotal, Torkham border, Jamrud and Bara were closed till further notice. He said the step was taken to reduce the possibility of Corona coronavirus attack.
Meanwhile, police have also closed their driving license issuance office in Shakas police station.
District Khyber traffic police head Deputy Superintendent of Police Malik Mazhar Afridi told this scribe by phone that they have closed the traffic police office till April 5. He said that on the directives of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, they closed traffic police offices in the district of Khyber. He said the office closure aimed to minimize the Corona virus attack being spread among visitors to their offices.
On the other hand, additional assistant commissioner of Landikotal Shamsul Islam, along with his team, visited the Torkham border and checked the health centre and isolation ward set up for the Coronavirus at the entry point from Afghanistan.
He asked the deployed security and health staff about the overall situation since the border was closed two days ago.
