KOTAL – Trade activities at the Torkham border remained suspended on thesecond consecutive day on Friday.
The suspension came as negotiations between the protesting custom clearingagents and officials of the customs department did not bear fruit.
A local clearing agent, Naseeb Khan expressed that scores of trucks loadedwith goods remained stranded on both sides as the customs officials couldnot convince the clearing agents and transporters.
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‘The official team assured the clearing agents that their immediategrievances would be removed at local level while other demands related tothe federal government would be taken up with Islamabad,’ Naseeb added.
