They also blamed police for not letting them move ahead due to security reasons and warned that they would forced to block the road if police did not change its attitude.

Khyber Agency Truckers Association president Shakir Afridi told Dawn that drivers were the ultimate sufferers of the restrictions on movement of tankers. He claimed that over 1,000 tankers had been destroyed since 2002.

During this period, he said, some 85 drivers had been killed and 120 wounded in sabotage acts on way from Karachi to Afghanistan. He said that it was a very tough job but the people were uneducated and could not adopt any other profession.

- Weary tanker owners give up Nato oil supply, Dawn.com, March 8, 2011.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

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