A meeting of Pak-Afghan border management committee at Custom Station Torkhem agreed to expedite the crossover of vehicles from both sides to 900 trucks daily to clear the long queues of goods-laden vehicles waiting for clearance.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Additional Collector Customs (Appraisement), Muhammad Rizwan.
Other officials present in the meeting were Deputy Collector Enforcement, Saiqa Abbas, Assistant Director FIA, Yasir Arafat, Assistant Director Anti-Narcotics, Salman, Maj Murad from Frontier Corps, DC Appraisement Customs, Hammad, Assistant Collector, Farya Abbas
Naqvi, Deputy Collector, Fahad Ahmad, Transit Superintendent, Saddiq Akbar.
Those who represented the business community included the Coordinator Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Zia-ul-Haq Sarhadi,Vice Chairman of All Pakistan Customs Agents Association, Vice President of PAJCCI, Shujah Muhammad, Farooq Ahmad, President of Torkham Custom Agents Association, Haji Aimal Khan, Ex.-President Custom Agents Association, Nasir Shinwari and others.
The meeting held a threadbare discussion on the slow clearance process of trucks, causing delays in the transportation of consignments besides the return of empty containers, ensuing in financial losses to the business community of both countries.
