<p>PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): <a href="/en/pakistan" class="glossify-link">Pakistan</a> Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formally inaugurated round-the-clock opening of the Torkham crossing.</p>
<p>Accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, he opened the Integrated Transit Trade Management System.</p>
<p>Khan also inaugurated the Pak-Afghan Friendship Hospital at Torkham, a facility for Afghan patients that local authorities call a medical tourism initiative.</p>
<p>For the first time, the Torkham border with <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a> was opened round the clock earlier this month on a trial basis.</p>
<p>The move is aimed at enhancing bilateral trade and facilitating the movement of travelers across the border.</p>
<p>The National Logistics Cell (NLC) has put in place elaborate arrangements for the round-the-clock, trans-border trade terminal.</p>
<p>Upgrades to the terminal began after President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Pakistan in June. He had urged Imran to ease trade between the two countries through the border crossing.</p>
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