Transporters and residents on Sunday continued protest demonstration in Takkya area of Landi kotal sub-division against illegal tax collection on a toll plaza established in Jamrud subdivision about three months ago. The protesters were carrying placards inscribed with slogans against tax collection on the toll plaza in Kata Koshta area on Peshawar-Torkham highway. They blocked the Pak-Afghan road by placing stones on it.
Shakir Afridi, who led the protest, said that National Highway Authority (NHA) violated the decision of the government as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet had approved five-year amnesty for tribal district after their merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The protesters were of the view that they would not stop their protest against the tax collection on the toll plaza and urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government to take notice of the issue.