FBR: 24,000 Nato containers missing

[T90TankGuy]

are you kidding me 24k have to go missing before they report it or wake up?

 

[ice_man]

FBR confirms 24,000 containers missing from Karachi Port

who was the minister of ports and customs? ANSWER BABAR GHAURI!!!! bravo zulfiqar mirza you are being proven right slowly & steadily!

 

[lem34]

Credit should be given to whoever could arrange the logistics to nick 24000 containers without americans noticing that something was wrong.

 

[VCheng]

Credit should be given to whoever could arrange the logistics to nick 24000 containers without americans noticing that something was wrong.

So you are happy that such large scale smuggling caused a huge loss to the Pakistani Exchequer? Read the article again.

(and you blame me for being anti-Pakistan, when I am not, and you are, without realizing it?)

 

[Peregrine]

(and you blame me for being anti-Pakistan, when I am not, and you are, without realizing it?)

How can he blame the obvious.
On topic awesome news! i hope such similar news will follow.

 

[Roybot]

FBR confirms 24,000 containers missing from Karachi Port
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Nato, ISAF and US Military containers have reportedly gone missing inside Pakistan during the last four years amid serious fears that many of these may have contained arms and ammunitions, which may have gone to terrorists.

US and ISAF do not transport arms and weapons through Pakistan.

Another cable sent on Nov 17, 2008, says that US military containers that pass through Pakistan on their way to Afghanistan never contain weapons or ammunition.

The cable sent notes that the Pakistani media often report that ammunition and arms off hijackedUS convoys are being sold in Pakistan.

“To be clear, no weapons, ammunition or sensitive electronics are shipped to Afghanistan by land routes through Pakistan,” she told Washington while commenting on the media reports.

Pakistan`s airspace being used by Nato flights: cable | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

 

[VCheng]

How can he blame the obvious.
On topic awesome news! i hope such similar news will follow.

So you support a loss to the Pakistan Exchequer out of your sense of patriotism, or it is just the blind hatred for the USA? Either way, you lose. No skin off my knuckles here.

 

[lem34]

So you support a loss to the Pakistan Exchequer out of your sense of patriotism, or it is just the blind hatred for the USA? Either way, you lose. No skin off my knuckles here.

Exactly you dont care what happens to pakistan.

 

[VCheng]

Exactly you dont care what happens to pakistan.

I do care, but your zealotry is self-damagingly misguided. Try to think logically and calmly, and you may begin to understand what I am trying to say.

 

[fd24]

I do care, but your zealotry is self-damagingly misguided. Try to think logically and calmly, and you may begin to understand what I am trying to say.

He does care Aryan B. His hate filled posts for Pakistan are just a smoke screen! The new CIA director may be called to explain this on his behalf as he is the king of spin (lying)..

 

[VCheng]

He does care Aryan B. His hate filled posts for Pakistan are just a smoke screen! The new CIA director may be called to explain this on his behalf as he is the king of spin (lying)..

Could you please quote a post of mine where it is hate that is the motivation, against anybody?

Back to the topic: What have the missing containers got to do with the MQM?

 

[Peregrine]

So you support a loss to the Pakistan Exchequer out of your sense of patriotism, or it is just the blind hatred for the USA? Either way, you lose. No skin off my knuckles here.

Pakistan's exchequer? please this is no place for your low-some propaganda, a true patriot knows where the money goes or where it's invested. Too bad in your impersonation of a true patriot, you wound up, exposing your self further.

 

[VCheng]

Pakistan's exchequer? please this is no place for your low-some propaganda, a true patriot knows where the money goes or where it's invested. Too bad in your impersonation of a true patriot, you wound up, exposing your self further.

Please allow me to help you understand the lead article for this thread:

FBR confirms 24,000 containers missing from Karachi Port
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Nato, ISAF and US Military containers have reportedly gone missing inside Pakistan during the last four years amid serious fears that many of these may have contained arms and ammunitions, which may have gone to terrorists.

Almost corroborating the grave charges levelled by dissident Sindhi PPP leader Dr Zulfiqar Mirza that a senior minister of MQM was responsible for these missing containers being in-charge of Ports and Shipping Ministry, sources in the Federal Board of Revenue say in addition to more than 24,000 missing containers of Afghan Transit Trade Commercial side, thousands of the unchecked containers belonging to Nato, ISAF and US Military had left the Karachi Port, but did not cross the Pak-Afghan border during the last four years. The sources, however, did not name any one for this missing cargo, as alleged by Dr Mirza.

The sources said an inquiry committee is presently investigating the matter to ascertain the exact number of Nato, ISAF and US Military’s non-commercial containers that have disappeared during these years without any knowledge of the authorities about the contents in these containers. However, the sources apprehend that the missing containers were loaded with huge quantities of arms and ammunitions.

The MQM, however, strongly denied the allegations at a news conference addressed by former Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal and said if containers were stolen there would have been some FIRs registered and while police was under Zulfiqar Mirza as Home Minister why did he not stop this theft and lodge any FIR.

According to one of the sources, the number of missing Nato, ISAF and US Military containers is expected to be alarmingly high and possibly beyond one’s comprehension.

A spokesman for the FBR, when contacted, said the number of missing ATT commercial containers has so far been confirmed around 24,000 following which the FBR had already initiated action against the responsible.

The spokesman said a FBR committee is presently focusing on the missing containers of Nato, ISAF and US Military to get the exact number during the last four years. He, however, did not give any number for these missing containers and insisted that it would be speculative to quote the figure of thousands for the missing Nato, ISAF and US Military containers.

“We would quote the figure only when we have the precise number,” the spokesman said, adding in case of the missing Nato, ISAF and US Military containers the government would even take up the matter with the concerned embassies before giving any conclusive figure.

The spokesman admitted that there exist serious holes in the system, which led to the missing of tens of thousands of containers.

The sources, however, said the facility provided by the government of Pakistan for commercial and military imports for Afghanistan have been massively misused not only as a conduit for smugglers, but also for terrorists and the enemies of Pakistan.

“Nobody knows what was there in the missing containers of Nato, ISAF and US Military,” one of the sources said, lamenting despite these scandalous facts known to different authorities in the government, nothing has been done as yet to ascertain where these missing containers actually landed.

In July this year, FBR chairman Salman Siddique had informed the Supreme Court that over Rs47 billion were evaded as 23,882 containers of commercial category under Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) destined from Karachi port to Afghanistan were missing.

Besides, he admitted that record of 19,000 dispatched containers to Afghanistan through Chaman and Torkham borders under non-commercial category for ISAF from January 2007 to October was not found so another pilferage to national exchequer was also observed.

The FBR chairman also told the court that FIRs were lodged against the culprits including importers, clearing agents, terminal/port operators, custom officials, shipping agents, transporters on 147 containers missing incident whereas letter of explanation were also issued to the concerned officers.

Pakistan's exchequer? please this is no place for your low-some propaganda, a true patriot knows where the money goes or where it's invested. Too bad in your impersonation of a true patriot, you wound up, exposing your self further.

So now please tell me where is the propaganda?

 

[S.M.R]

Lolz....

That is basically 'smuggling' being carried out by 'Khapias' under the umbrella of Nato Supplies. Those containers were basically commercial imports imported by traders using the name of Nato. Since these were not belonged to Nato, so how they will go to Afghanistan. The only impact of same was damage of FBR in shape of evasion of duty and taxes.

Every container of Nato is insured and insurance claim is given when claimed by Nato, like for burnt oil tankers. But this seems foolish that Nato's 24000 contained got missing and no insurance claim was lodged by Nato?

It is just tax evasion, nothing else.

 

[unicorn]

US and ISAF do not transport arms and weapons through Pakistan.



Pakistan`s airspace being used by Nato flights: cable | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

STFU! If you don't know a thing...
In this video a US hummer can be clearly seen in the hands of Pakistani Taliban..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGBMoKMvzs&feature=related