KP Interior Ministry orders to shut Torkham border on May 11

PESHAWAR: The Interior Ministry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered to seal the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on May 11 when general elections will be held.

Further in its order, the KP Interior Ministry has instructed the Additional Chief Secretary FATA to restrict the Afghan refugees to their camps from May 10 to 12 in the backdrop of general elections for security reasons.

The ministry has also announced to close the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border for the same purpose, sources said.