Pakistan Considers Taxing Nato Afghanistan Trucks -- BBC
Pakistan is considering charging millions of dollars in annual taxes on Nato trucks and fuel tankers, officials have told the BBC.
The vehicles pass through Pakistan on their way to Afghanistan.
The charges might include taxes on fuel in addition to port and storage fees, they said.
The supply route is a lifeline for Nato troops but Pakistan closed it last month after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a Nato air strike.
Thousands of tankers are now stranded.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the BBC that Pakistan may continue its blocking of Nato convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks.
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My Comment: Corruption .... corruption .... corruption. Need more money .... more money .... more money. This episode so sums up Pakistan today. But as corrupt and rotten the Pakistan system is .... the real question that we need to ask is .... why are we there and are dependent on such "allies"?
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