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Television channels reported that the military equipment was seized on security grounds by the para military Pakistan Rangers.
According to the Ranger officials, the equipment will remain under their control until further orders are received from the government.
"The military equipment was found in around 250 containers which have now been parked in a yard at Port Qasim," a security official said yesterday.
The seizure comes at a time when the United States has announced it was planning to withdraw all its military hardware and arms out of Pakistan after the Pakistan government closed its Afghan border for supplies carried out through containers and oil tankers to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
'Express News' channel quoted security sources as saying that the ban on supplies to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan had prompted the US government to weigh various options to move around the cargo stranded at various locations.
According to these sources, US cargo, stranded in Pakistan, is worth millions of dollars and US authorities have serious concerns over the safety of the cargo as it includes hammer vehicles, dumpers, anti-aircraft guns, special carriers of anti-aircraft guns, vehicles specially built to jam communications, cranes and sophisticated weapons.
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Pakistan taken the control of Nato militry equipment container, by stong support came from china.Now in the world Pakistan and China acting as the terrorist.If we control china and pakistan, all the issues will be sorted out.
It is not much of a worry money-wise as is the possibility of losing technology to China via Pakistan. Pakistan will not waste any opportunity to gain brownie points by allowing access to China.
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