IG FC,Governor urged to check smuggling through afghan border

LANDIKOTAL: Scores of politicians, social workers and elders of Mulagori and Jamrud tehsils have asked the Inspector General Frontier Crops (IGFC) and Governor KPK to take notice of the misuse of the illegal tax taking from the smuggling trucks taking place from and to Afghanistan via ghost routes in their area.

In this connection, a meeting was held at Paindi Lalma Mulagori tehsil on Sunday which was attended by large number of locals beside the social workers and local politicians.

Speaking on the occasion, PML-N Khyber Agency General Secretary Ikramullah Jan Kukikhel, said billion of rupees smuggling of the non-custom paid goods were taking place under the nose of the political administration. He criticised the local political Naib tehsildar Shakil for ignoring the residents’ problems and asked the government to take notice of it.

Ikram said that the money taking from the smuggling trucks were being distributed between the pro-administration elders who were given the task to keep the poor people suppressed.

PML-N leader said that every day at least 25 to 40 trucks loaded with the smuggling goods including teabags, auto spare parts, fabrics , timber, dry milk, ghee, cooking oil, China and Iranian cooked foods worth millions of rupees entering to Jamrud and Mulagori tehsils without paying government tax which was a great loss for the national exchequer.

He said that despite the Khasadars’ check posts established on the ghost routs, some pro-administration elders on the consent of officials have also established a check post at marble Chowk in Mulagori where they take Rs, 800  bribe from each truck on the name of the local committee. Adding and the money only goes to the pockets of the black-sheeps .

The smuggled goods are usually shifted from Torkham border via Landikotal-Shalman-Mulagori ghost routes and stored at godowns in Jamrud, Master said.

A social activist and local elder, Hajj Gul, made responsible Political Naib Tehsildar Mulargri for the deteriorated law and order situation in the area. He said that Shakil was the strong supporter of smugglers and criminals who were challenging the government writ. He said that it was on the record that shakil was sue by the Peshawar high court many times for his secret connections with criminals.  

“Whenever powerless people of Paindi Lalma went to Shakil office for the resolution of their problem he trashed them and used immoral language with them, not only that but many times he put poor people behind the bars without doing a sin,”Gajj Gul alleged.   

Hajj Gul asked Inspector General Frontier Crops (IGFC) and the government KPK to take notice of the matters.He appeal the latters to issue immediate transfer orders of the political Naib Tehsildar, Shakil, as he was involved in the criminal activities in the area.

Nisar Mulagori, who was running an NGO, said that Swat Scout, a wing in Frontier Crops based in Mulagori, have made illegal electricity connections from their power supply lines due to which they were suffering 22 hours load shedding in the area.

He said that high officials of the Swat scout should cut off the illegal connections so that they would have some electricity to run tube-wells in such scorching heat.

Nisar said  Peshawar high court is imposed ban on all permits and stand all permits to Afghanistan null and void in the holy month of Ramazan but slaughtered animals were being smuggled with the help of Khyber agency administration to Afghanistan in vehicles’ hidden  cavities.

Haji Gul, another local elders and social worker, said if their problems were not resolved within a week they would go on strike against the local administration as they were busy in collecting black money rather to address problems of the local people.

Jamaat-i-Islami leader, subedar(R)  Subz Ali, threatened that if their electricity was not restored   and the Shakil was not transferred soon they would call civil disobedience against political administration in Mulagori and would block Jamrud-Mulagori road for traffic.

  When contacted Khyber agency political agent, Mutahirzeb, replied with the mobile message (SMS) that let him check it,while assistant political agent Jamrud, Bakhtyar, and Shakil were not available for comments. However, another junior administration official in Jamrud told This scribe while pleading anonymity that it was a group of some black mailers who want to meet their own self interests. He rejected the allegations imposed on the PNT Shakil said that he was well doling his job