Unidentified armed men hijacked four NATO supply oil tankers returning back to Karachi along with drivers on the Quetta-Karachi Highway on Sunday.
The containers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan were returning back to Karachi in a convoy after the Balochistan chief minister ordered the tankers parked at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Chaman to clear the area due to the fear of attacks by the militants. The convoy was heading towards Quetta under the guard of Levies and the Frontier Constabulary (FC) when unidentified armed men hijacked four containers along with drivers on the Quetta-Chaman Highway and drove them towards an unknown destination. Sources said that levies and FC personnel had cordoned off the area to locate the hijacked containers and free the abducted drivers.
Military holds dozens of Afghanistan-bound containers: The Pakistani security forces on Sunday held dozens of Afghan transit trade containers on the suspicion of carrying goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan, sources said.
They said the security forces held back several containers carrying goods under Afghan transit trade at the Takhta Beg check post in Jamrod.
NATO supplies, including petroleum products, have remained suspended for the 16th day. Pakistan blocked NATO supply lines after an attack by NATO forces on Pakistani border posts in Mohmand Agency killed 24 soldiers.
