NATO Oil tankers’ entry in Peshawar banned

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday banned the entry of Afghanistan-bound oil tankers carrying oil for the NATO troops.

Official sources said that the terminals of these tankers have also been shifted to Nowshera.

“These oil tankers are no more allowed to enter Peshawar or even stay in the suburbs due to security reasons,” a senior official of the provincial Home Department said.

The government has also decided not to allow parking to these oil tankers anywhere near the roads or at petrol pumps.

The decision has been taken in the wake of increasing attacks on the Afghanistan-bound vehicles, especially tankers carrying oil for the international forces in the war-torn country.