PESHAWAR, Nov 15 (INP): Afghan officials have handed over the body of Superintendent Police (SP) Tahir Dawar to Pakistani officials. The body was received at the Torkham border by a tribal jirga led by MNA Mohsin Dawar. State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi along with KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousfazi was also present at the border. Pakistani officials had held talks with officials from Afghanistan after the latter refused to hand over the body. Afghan officials wanted the body to be handed over to MNA Mohsin Dawar or tribal representatives. SP Dawar’s body was taken to Peshawar via helicopter. Following funeral prayers which will be held at 10PM in Hayatabad, the police officer will be laid to rest in his hometown. SP Tahir Dawar, who went missing from Islamabad on October 27, was found dead in Nangarhar earlier this week. His martyrdom was confirmed by the Afghan government. Pakistan earlier lodged a protest with Afghanistan over the delay in handing over SP Dawar's body. “We summoned the Afghan diplomat to the Foreign Office twice,” Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said during his weekly press briefing in Islamabad today. “We lodged a protest with Afghanistan over the delay in handing over SP Dawar’s body,” he added. “We have demanded that his body be handed over to Pakistan immediately.” The FO spokesperson further said, “Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan has also lodged a protest over the delay in the handing over of SP Dawar’s body.” “The Pakistani counsel general is at the hospital to ensure the body is handed over,” Dr Faisal added.