Oil supply route Torkham closure
PESHAWAR: News Time
KP against NATO in picketing of PTI and JI are still ongoing. Hayat Abad Ring Road Toll Plaza on the main sit-in from Waziristan tribesmen and ordinary people participated in Abbottabad, the on Tuesday, the number of participants doubled. Sit on the other side of Afghanistan besides the food is cut off oil supplies to coalition forces has jeopardized the operation.
Pakistan says NATO in Afghanistan is sent to different types of petroleum products. Their petrol, diesel, kerosene and jet fuel oil used as JP. Force (JP-4) is considered. Sources most use kerosene, gasoline, diesel and JP-4. Petroleum products armored vehicles, tanks, military trucks and heavy equipment to deliver trawlers, helicopters and planes are used.’ oil supply was introduced. Therefore sit-ins are a constant and NATO forces face a situation similar to the past, it would have forced it to adopt alternative and expensive option. , All Pakistan oil tankers Owners Association the association’s chairman, said Joseph protest picketing of three to four thousand oil tankers are stranded in different parts of the country. These tankers bound for Afghanistan via Torkham left. Most of the different hotels along the way and empty areas are built. However, Afghanistan on commercial basis including oil tankers carrying. Asked whether the coalition forces in Afghanistan to supply oil tankers out how many daily from Karachi? Joseph said sexy … from Karachi to NATO during normal daily oil tanker get more than two thousand. Their way to Torkham while most of the rest had entered Afghanistan through the Chaman border is. Afghanistan’s oil supply to the public on a commercial basis is. Tanker that most are 30 to 40 thousand liters capacity. , some twenty-five thousand liter tankers, but their numbers are too low. While NATO there are fifty thousand liters of oil tankers to supply. Including aircraft fuel tankers is that they are quite expensive inside them is a special type of coating, the tanker would not rusty within a year. ”
The sit- down protest on business Bhutta Joseph sexy pretty angry. Threatened that if he continued to sit, then to the province’s oil supply will be suspended for an indefinite period. Said Joseph picketing the past three days has caused a loss of billions of rupees. They also say that Islamabad in the wake of the current situation has been called. Them today at 11 top officials, including Secretary Petroleum important meeting.
Of protest sit- Torkham route for NATO supply is disconnected from the past three days. Chaman border, although it had continued. Sources in the prairie climate protest to picket the parties die. , And now the snow this route is closed on Sunday. These sources icy and difficult path towards Chaman border crossing on Tuesday overturned two oil tankers from the Chaman border supply are stopped. Reversal the oil tankers were carrying fuel for NATO forces. Meanwhile, PTI sources said the snow would not stop the Chaman border to protest strategy was chalked out.
According to information received from Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, located in the five cities on the third day of the sit-ins continue. Clear that although Hayatabad Peshawar Toll Plaza protesters picketing the last four days have been down a regular starting Sunday was. Means that the significant progress that has been sit- in protest PTI, JI and the alliance of workers belonging to various walks of life, ordinary people have started to join. Those lawyers and students are featured. Picketing organizers said two hundred tribesmen from Waziristan, the number of participants in the sit-ins were three hundred. Above other day, while it reached number five on the third Tuesday Hayatabad Toll more than a thousand people sit at the Plaza. Those from Waziristan tribal and Abbottabad were among those. Waziristan tribal coming down with bags and say go or not go at night, NATO trailer. Has long protest. They will spend the night at the protest camp. Organizers said that a delegation of elders from Waziristan comes and he has asked parties to sit back more and more people Dronehe was. However, questioned the driver tells the truth.
