Transporters carrying goods to the Nato armed forces in Afghanistan are holding a key meeting with Sindh Transport Minister, Akhtar Hussain Jadoon to seek the government's support for recovery of their dues pending against the logistic companies for the last eight months.
Talking to Business Recorder, Chief Co-ordinator of Transporters Organising Committee, Waheed Mughal said the logistic companies continue to deny the outstanding amount of Rs 1.51 billion under the head of freight charges of the last eight months. He said the fuel suppliers for Nato have also extended their support to the goods transporters and vowed to go on strike jointly if the contractors did not release the dues.
"We all will go on strike after meeting with Sindh Transport Minister fails to yield any significant results to solve the monetary issue between contractors and transporters," he said. He said there is a logistic company which is threatening the transporters with consequences, adding that such coercive tactics will never make them timid. "We will take our rights," he said.
So far the issue between the suppliers and contractors has badly hit the prospects for resumption of goods transportation to the combatant western forces in Afghanistan, despite the Pakistan has announced weeks ago its embargo to lift. There are about 1,581 trucks loaded with the Nato military and general cargos, which are standing on different roads from Karachi to Khyber agency and Chaman border with Afghanistan.
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