Home Secretary Balochistan Cap Akbar Hussain Durrani (Retd) said that the US and Nato military officials policy of not informing the Pakistani authorities about position of their tankers had resulted in attack on Nato oil tankers parked in Quetta early Wednesday in which over fifteen tankers were set ablaze.
Talking to APP, he said that Home Department Balochistan was not informed by the US and Nato military officials that oil tankers carrying fuel for the US and allied troops in Afghanistan would be parked at a private terminal located in the outskirts of the Quetta city at night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
He said that Balochistan government with co-operation of security agencies could provide security and protection to the oil tankers if the US and Nato officials had made a request and informed them in this regard. But they did not bother to inform the Balochistan Home Department, he added. To a question, he said that, the Provincial government had provided security to the Nato supplies while being transported to Afghanistan from Karachi through Balochistan routs.
It was regrettable that the US and Nato officials used to violate the instructions of the provincial government in this connection, he said. We have strictly advised to the US led allied forces officials that their supplies should not be moved or parked individually and with out informing the home department of Balochistan; said Durrani. When he was asked whether the Balochistan government had been directed by the Federal government to shut down Chaman border for crossing over the Nato supplies, he denied and said, "No we have not received such directives so far".
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