Oil Supply to NATO Forces Suspended in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan News: Oil supplies to the NATO forces in Afghanistan from Karachi Port have been suspended for three days due to clash between two groups of the oil tankers transporters.

Lucrative oil supply contract of Pakistan State Oil to the NATO forces in Afghanistan from Karachi oil terminal was the bone of contention between the two groups of the transporters.

In the clash over partnership in oil contract three persons were injured at the oil terminal.
“PSO has awarded kidnapped transporter Sher Ali Mengal the contract of oil supply to NATO forces in Afghanistan upto 2012, but now another company has been included in the contract.

The two bodies rival oil transporters have called a Jirga today for patch up on the dispute.

A spokesman of PSO in a statement said that after resolution of dispute between the tanker owners oil supply will be resumed to the  NATO forces in Afghanistan.