PM inaugurate the Torkham border crossing for 24 hours

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Pakistan for the first time, opened its Torkham border with Afghanistan round the clock earlier this month.

Prime Minister Of Pakistan Imran Khan Inaugurated Torkham border for crossing 24 hours.PM Imran Khan is also expected to address tribal elders. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi was also there with Prime Minister.The National Logis­tics Cell (NLC), in coordination with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has completed arrangements for the round-the-clock, trans-border trade terminal.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, on his last visit in June, requested Prime Minister Imran to ease trade between the two countries through the border crossing.

The prime minister will also inaugurate Pak-Afghan Friendship Hospital at Torkham, adding Afghan patients arriving in Pakistan via the crossing point will be provided medical facilities in the hospital.

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