Continued protests against traffic restrictions; Governor of Baluchistan: I will raise the requests with Islamabad
The governor of Baluchistan province announced in a meeting with the representatives of the protestors about traffic restrictions with Afghanistan that he would raise their requests with Islamabad. |
according to the regional office report Tasnim News Agency, Abduloli Kakar, Governor of Balochistan visiting With the representatives of the protestors of the ban on visa-free travel from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, he asked them to give five days to submit their requests to Islamabad. dir=”RTL” style=”text-align:right”>Amdadullah, one of the protesters who attended the meeting with this Pakistani official, described the meeting as positive and said that Kaker asked for five days to be able to address various aspects of the protesters’ demands. discuss with the authorities of the central government of Pakistan.
Today (Thursday, 9th of Azar) is 42 days since the beginning of the sit-in by thousands of people in protest against the ban on traveling without The visa passes through the border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Ghouthullah, the head of the labor union known as “Laghri” in Chaman, says that if the demands of the protesters are met If not, they will stop paying taxes to the government.
The protests began after Pakistan’s interim government announced a unilateral decision to curb illegal immigration. Afghans to Pakistan, a visa verification system has been established at the border crossings with Afghanistan, and from now on, only those travelers who have an Afghan passport and a Pakistani visa can cross the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. :black”>.
According to this decision, the movement of the people of tribal areas, which since the establishment of Pakistan was carried out with birth certificate and identity card From now on, it must be done using an Afghan passport and a Pakistani visa, and other documents that were previously given to tribes living around the Durand Line in Afghanistan as permission to cross the border to visit family and do business have become invalid. /span>.
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