Oil smuggling inflicting Rs150bn loss to economy annually: PM

[Kabira]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was told on Friday that oil smuggling and its sale at around 2094 filling stations across the county was inflicting annual economic loss of around Rs. 150 billion to country.

Chairing a meeting to review the measures to curb smuggling, the prime minister said the smuggling was causing irreparable loss to the country’s economy, a PM Office press release said.

He said the anti-smuggling measures would bring in revenue for the government to spend on the welfare of common man.

The prime minister instructed for strict action against the people involved in the smuggling.

Federal ministers Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Senator Shibli Faraz, Commerce Advisor Abdul Razzak Dawood, specials assistants Shahzad Akbar and Dr. Waqar Masood, federal secretaries, Federal Board of Revenue chairman, and senior civil and military officers attended the meeting.

The provincial chief secretaries and inspector generals of FC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan participated through video link.

Oil smuggling inflicting Rs150bn loss to economy annually: PM

* He said the anti-smuggling measures would bring in revenue for the government to spend on the welfare of common man.

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[Bilal.]

Hopefully with fencing of Iran border this menace will be dealt with in a years time.

 

[Mirzali Khan]

Hopefully with fencing of Iran border this menace will be dealt with in a years time.

And fencing off Afghanistan.

 

[Bilal.]

And fencing off Afghanistan.

Yes that will mainly take care of other items that are smuggled into Pakistan. Both border fencing is expected to be completed by December 2021.

 

[Abu Dhabi]

Yes that will mainly take care of other items that are smuggled into Pakistan. Both border fencing is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Going by the amount of $$ and man power goes into patrolling and keeping things from coming in illegaly , what plan has Pakistan put in place once the fence goes up ?

also, will it be metal the whole stretch , or a mix of materials ?

 

[Mirzali Khan]

Yes that will mainly take care of other items that are smuggled into Pakistan. Both border fencing is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Fencing off Afghanistan will also take care of illegal immigration, so major plus!

 

[Bilal.]

Going by the amount of $$ and man power goes into patrolling and keeping things from coming in illegaly , what plan has Pakistan put in place once the fence goes up ?

also, will it be metal the whole stretch , or a mix of materials ?

Twin fence the entire length with barbed wire between them and manned forts every 3 kilometers with manned posts in between. Use of HD day/night surveillance cameras and ground search Radars on the forts.

Pakistan Afghanistan Border Fencing 1700 KM complete

Breaking: While FO rejected Afghan government statement against fencing of 2500km #Pak- #Afghan border, Pak Army Spokesperson Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar confirms today, “ 1700km fencing is completed, project will b completed by end of 2021, fencing at 11000ft high peaks is going on”. #Pakistan...

defence.pk

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Going by the amount of $$ and man power goes into patrolling and keeping things from coming in illegaly , what plan has Pakistan put in place once the fence goes up ?

also, will it be metal the whole stretch , or a mix of materials ?

Forts and border posts with surveillance tech..

Hopefully drones not just big ones but small ones are going to be integrated and other surveillance stuff..

Twin fence the entire length with barbed wire between them and manned forts every 3 kilometers with manned posts in between. Use of HD day/night surveillance cameras and ground search Radars on the forts.

Pakistan Afghanistan Border Fencing 1700 KM complete

Breaking: While FO rejected Afghan government statement against fencing of 2500km #Pak- #Afghan border, Pak Army Spokesperson Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar confirms today, “ 1700km fencing is completed, project will b completed by end of 2021, fencing at 11000ft high peaks is going on”. #Pakistan...

defence.pk

But I have lowkey seen videos of fencing cut through in between for people to pass idk if that was propaganda or something...

 

[fitpOsitive]

Hopefully with fencing of Iran border this menace will be dealt with in a years time.

What fencing? They are allowed by govt employees.. What fencing will do.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was told on Friday that oil smuggling and its sale at around 2094 filling stations across the county was inflicting annual economic loss of around Rs. 150 billion to country.

Chairing a meeting to review the measures to curb smuggling, the prime minister said the smuggling was causing irreparable loss to the country’s economy, a PM Office press release said.

He said the anti-smuggling measures would bring in revenue for the government to spend on the welfare of common man.

The prime minister instructed for strict action against the people involved in the smuggling.

Federal ministers Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Senator Shibli Faraz, Commerce Advisor Abdul Razzak Dawood, specials assistants Shahzad Akbar and Dr. Waqar Masood, federal secretaries, Federal Board of Revenue chairman, and senior civil and military officers attended the meeting.

The provincial chief secretaries and inspector generals of FC in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan participated through video link.

Oil smuggling inflicting Rs150bn loss to economy annually: PM

* He said the anti-smuggling measures would bring in revenue for the government to spend on the welfare of common man.

www.brecorder.com

Fazl ur Rehman, infact most of the kpk and Balochistan parliamentarians are oil smuggling mafia.
Can you do anything against it? If you will do, then suddenly attacks on FC in Balochistan and attacks on army in waziristan will increase by who? Obviously TTP.... traitors are sitting parliament.

 

[AsifIjaz]

The oil mafia should not be challenged till you fence the rest of the border. Once the maximum area is cordoned off and the border markets are operational then only should this step be taken. Fortunately the work is on and should be completed within the next 2 years.
One has to realize the mindset of people in those areas, its Tijarat (trade) for them. They have been doing it without any restrictions for decades, some grew up to inherit the business. You are putting an end to their livelihood and they are bound to retaliate unless you give them and their possible stooges an alternate way to earn their livelihood. that's where the border markets play a role.

 

[Bilal.]

What fencing? They are allowed by govt employees.. What fencing will do.

With more controls and monitoring in place it becomes hard for an individual or group of corrupt officials to do such things.

 

[fitpOsitive]

With more controls and monitoring in place it becomes hard for an individual or group of corrupt officials to do such things.

In Pakistan, With more govt control, smuggling becomes easier.
Govt officials, politician and sadly military also, is the part of smuggling circles.

 

[925boy]

Hopefully with fencing of Iran border this menace will be dealt with in a years time.

Thanks for admitting Pakistan doesnt manage its border well...before it was terrorists that were coming into Iran, now its smuggled oil going into Pakistan...constant? poor Pakistani management of its border areas.

 

[Type59]

Crackdown must be working because local MPs are complaining. The fault lies on Iranian side, fuel is too cheap and local officials are involved.

Crackdown on smuggling of Iranian fuel criticised

"It is the only source of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of families," says BNP-M's Mir Mohammad Hashim Notezai.

www.dawn.com

 

[Bilal.]

Thanks for admitting Pakistan doesnt manage its border well...before it was terrorists that were coming into Iran, now its smuggled oil going into Pakistan...constant? poor Pakistani management of its border areas.

Yes terrorists were also using the porous border mismanaged by both Pakistan and Iran and attacking on either side and melting away through the border. It was one such big terrorist attack on Pakistani side that led to a meeting between Pakistan and Iran in which the fencing was proposed by Pakistan and agreed upon by both parties.