Nasib Shah Shinwari
LANDIKOTAL: Demanding to re-open the Pak-Afghan border Torkham for all kinds of traffic and both sides of pedestrians, the protest and sit-in organized by Torkham labor union and Tanzeem-e-Nawjawana-e-Qabail continued on the second consecutive day at Landikotal Bazar on Monday.
Addressing the protest camp participants, the leaders of various political parties and trade unions criticized the authorities for closing the border and termed it an injustice to the poor people living alongside the border.
Farman Shinwari, the president of the Torkham laborer union said that nowadays it was impossible for the poor people of Landikotal to provide a loaf of bread to their families due to the Torkham border closure.
Authorities in Islamabad should reopen the Torkham border for both sides’ pedestrians. He demanded.
Israr Shinwari, the leader of Tanzeem-e-Nawjawanan-e-Qabail also addressed the participants and condemned that closing the Torkham border was injustice and discrimination against the people living on both sides of the border.
Earlier, Shah Hussian Shinwari, the leader of Awami National Party, Haji Hasan Shinwari, JI Ameer Landikotal, Abdur Rauf Shinwari, and Murad Hussain Afridi, leaders of Jamat-e-Islami and Mairajuddin Shinwari, the representative of Torkham custom clearance agents association also addressed the sit-in participants and condemned the closure of Torkham border.
Closing the Torkham border means snatching the loaf of bread from the mouth of poor people and laborers living on both sides of Torkham. The leaders criticized.
The leaders said that there was no industry in Landikotal and other opportunities for the people to earn income for their families. The leaders stated and added that the Torkham border was the only source of income for the poor community.
The authorities were asked by the leaders to reopen the border immediately to enable the poor people to earn livelihoods for their families.
