date:Oct 13, 2020
Some 270+ trucks, loaded with onions from Afghanistan, were awaiting clearance at the Torkham border for entering into Pakistan on Saturday. Meanwhile, shortage of the vegetable in wholesale market has pushed up prices.
On Saturday, few trucks managed to reach the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, after travelling a distance of 54km from the Torkham border. However, around 272 trucks full of onions were stuck over a distance of four kilometres from the Torkham border gate to Michani Customs Pos