Pakistan may double aeronautical fee, toll tax on NATO containers: report

[BHarwana]

You should charge them three times of what you are planning to charge for Chinese trucks/containers.

If we do that USA will pay less not more. Military equipment tax is very much higher than commercial goods.

 

[BATMAN]

It was common sense but no one was talking about it earlier.
Imagine how much we lost during Zardari rule and how much bribe Zardari mafia took from US for not charging a rational transit charge.

You should charge them three times of what you are planning to charge for Chinese trucks/containers.

We should charge 4 time to trucks carrying Indian goods.. .irrespective if they are routed via Dubai.

 

[Photon]

Route through Pakistan is used because it is cheaper than northern supply network.

If Pakistan increases the transit cost exorbitantly, automatically Northern distribution network becomes the cheaper option.
Besides with only 15000 troops to supply too, as opposed to 150,000. It would hardly make a dent.

But Pakistan not only depends on US for direct aid and hand outs(which has been cut). But all its international loans and debts which are sanctioned through IMF and World Bank etc require US approval, as US carries the maximum voting rights in these organisations.

It would extremely stupid of Pakistan to spite Trump in matters of money. US economy will not even feel the pin prick of Pakistan increasing the toll tax or aeronautical fees. But if US applies economic pressure on Pakistan. Pakistan economy with hemorrhage and bleed and will be on the verge on bankruptcy in matter of months.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

All of this is happening because of middle fail waderas in power. Pakistan aint gonna move in positive direction if we have same dumb mofos in power. We need educated, patriotic people.

Hamari koum dande se sidhi hone wali hai. Jab tak koum dande se sidhi nai hogi. Hukamraan bhi wese hi hum par musallat kiye jain gai. And day by day I think the general moral and ethical state of our awaam is deteriorating. And no one is ready to stand up and aknowledge the collective evils existing amidst us. No magical cure is going to descend from heaven to cure Pakistan(is)

 

[HRK]

Okay lets wait and watch where the elephant sits.

old but Interesting reads on the subject, it summarize the weakness of USA & Pakistan
https://warontherocks.com/2017/07/the-war-in-afghanistan-and-considerations-of-supply/

Possible alternative to Pakistani route Lapis Lazuli Corridor

Another good read: https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/the-geopolitics-of-the-lapis-lazuli-corridor/

 

[BHarwana]

Possible alternative to Pakistani route Lapis Lazuli Corridor

I know about the alternate route but it is very expensive. Plus you are placing the supply in hands of Taliban to attack it every day. because from west Afghanistan it has to travel to Kabul and how much Taliban love IED you and I both Know.

 

[BATMAN]

Plus you are placing the supply in hands of Taliban to attack it every day.

Use Indians as truck drivers, Taliban will not hurt.

 

[HRK]

I know about the alternate route but it is very expensive. Plus you are placing the supply in hands of Taliban to attack it every day. because from west Afghanistan it has to travel to Kabul and how much Taliban love IED you and I both Know.

this one is not as expensive as Northern Distributions Network though it also has many complexities .... (read both the links)
Taliban factor exist on the routes of eastern Afghanistan as well

 

[BATMAN]

old but Interesting reads on the subject, it summarize the weakness of USA & Pakistan
https://warontherocks.com/2017/07/the-war-in-afghanistan-and-considerations-of-supply/

Possible alternative to Pakistani route Lapis Lazuli Corridor

Another good read: https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/the-geopolitics-of-the-lapis-lazuli-corridor/

So supply route concerns were quite real, while Pakistan only keep issuing requests after requests for reimbursements.
This explains, why it was so important for PPP to win 2008 general elections and Musharraf to resign. Wile the biggest jack *** were Sharif and party, who would do any thing for simple photo session with US president, while Zardari is always able to smell the hunt.

 

[HRK]

So supply route concerns were quite real, while Pakistan only keep issuing requests after requests for reimbursements.
This explains, why it was so important for PPP to win 2008 general elections and Musharraf to resign. Wile the biggest jack *** were Sharif and party, who would do any thing for simple photo session with US president, while Zardari is always able to smell the hunt.

kis kis ko rooye ....

 

[BATMAN]

kis kis ko rooye ....

At least Kiyani manage to block transit aid post Salala, whereas no such thing happened post APS.
Whole world saw that collective beghairti of this nation.

 

[batmannow]

5 hours ago BY News Desk

Pakistan may increase toll tax on containers carrying ammunition and other military hardware for US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops to Afghanistan by a huge 100 per cent, according to DunyaNews.

Presently, each container is charged $1700. Pakistani authorities are considering the option of blocking supplies of US troops deployed in Afghanistan through its territory amid the diplomatic tensions between Islamabad and Washington. The final decision will be taken by the federal government in this regard during the ongoing week.

Islamabad may also increase NATO’s aeronautical fee for the usage of its airspace. NATO is using Pakistan’s airspace for the last 16 years free of cost. At least 360 NATO flights used Pakistan airspace on a monthly basis when Afghan war was at its peak.

All supply of military hardware to NATO and US troops is carried out through Karachi port. The supply remained suspended for at least eight months after a NATO helicopter intentionally attacked and martyred 27 soldiers at Salala check post.

The US State Department on Thursday froze military aid to Pakistan until it took decisive action against terrorists operating in the country. It said it did not intend to reprogram any funds at this time.

The New Year tweet by US President Donald Trump accusing Pakistan of lies and deceit, thinking US leaders to be fooled, led to heightened tensions between Pakistan and the US.

“They give safe havens to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” he said on January 1.

In an interview with The Guardian at the PM Office, Prime Minister Abbasi said that reports that the US was considering cuts of up to $2 billion in security assistance were bewildering as the total aid Pakistan – civilian and military – actually received was a tiny fraction of that amount.

“Pakistan is a sovereign country and Pakistan has always abided by international conventions,” he said in the report. “We are today fighting the largest war on terror in the world. We are fighting the world’s war on terror with our own resources … That is something the world has to appreciate.”

“We have over 6,500 [killed] almost 37,000 of the civilian population has been killed. There are tens of thousands of people injured. We have suffered a loss of over $120bn in our economy. So the world has to appreciate that. We just want the world to know that Pakistan is on the forefront on the war on this terror,” he stated further.

The federal cabinet on January 3rd, unanimously endorsed the stance adopted by National Security Committee (NSC) over the recent statements by the American leadership, terming them “detrimental” to the bilateral relationship between Islamabad and Washington—a relationship that has developed over generations.

The cabinet considered a proposal for granting extension in the Proof of Registration (POR) Cards and Tripartite Agreement (Pakistan–Afghanistan–UNHCR) for Afghan Refugees beyond December 31, 2017.

The meeting had also decided that the issue of early repatriation of Afghan refugees shall be raised with the UNHCR and with the international community. Pakistan’s economy has carried the burden of hosting Afghan refugees since long, and in the present circumstances, the country cannot sustain it further, emphasised the cabinet.

Losses incurred by Pakistan in war on terror

Earlier, official documents presented during an NSC meeting had suggested that Pakistan suffered losses worth Rs10tn in fighting terrorism over the last 16 years.

The documents suggest that Pakistan suffered a loss Rs5.3tn in its tax recovery system, sources disclosed. Similarly, Pakistan also witnessed a decline in foreign investment by Rs1.99tn, whereas Rs928bn in damages were caused to the country’s basic infrastructure.

In reference to privatisation, the country incurred losses worth Rs262bn, while an additional Rs15bn damages were incurred due to persisting uncertainty, sources added.

The highest losses incurred by Pakistan, i.e. Rs2.03tn, came in year 2010-11, followed by Rs1.96tn in 2012-13.

In 2009-10, Pakistan suffered losses of Rs1.13tn losses.









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A planned move , & a swift start , which will bring usa the start up price of a unlogical war , which only brings usa body bags ?
17 years of wasted war , which never brought any peace to Afghanistan instead pakistan & Iran been spied , been threatened , & attacked .
it's a good begging anyway !

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no not yet ; but it's just a begging of a new eara of pakistans growing importance , which eventually will bring pakistan in control on its regional position .

At least Kiyani manage to block transit aid post Salala, whereas no such thing happened post APS.
Whole world saw that collective beghairti of this nation.

kiyani did that to , hoodwink his dealing with CIA , the drama he cashed out with Zardari & Nawaz sharif ?
still even in pak army , they see its a bogus drama , in which delta team 6 , was brought in , by switching all the radars near abottabad ?
then telling our F-16s to let , seal team 6 , fly away from pakistan ?it was never been done anytime before ,& in fact is ideal case for article 6 of the Constitution of pakistan .

At least Kiyani manage to block transit aid post Salala, whereas no such thing happened post APS.
Whole world saw that collective beghairti of this nation.

people's in thier , nonsense often forgets why , usa back stabbed MUSHARAF frist hand because at that point , these paid politicians were no where to be in power ?
why musharaf was became the biggest rock in Americans way ?
just because , he wasn't allowing thier puppet OBL to runaway from pakistan ,instead putting him under special security control ?
as a chief of ISI , kiyani worked for Americans plans , & lawyers movement was his product .

 

[YeBeWarned]

more or less 15000 Troops , wont make much of a difference but it will be taken as aggressive move towards America, if anything should have happen about the supplies, Cut them off completely .. addition 2000-5000$ on a Global scale is just Chillar in a Beggars bowl .

 

[shah_123]

Wake me up when something real happens other than considering, may do this - do that etc., etc., & etc.,

 

[ARMalik]

I sickens me to see that the Generals, the politicians and the Bureaucrats are once again selling this country for misery cents to fill their own pockets, and are a willing participants in the the genocide taking place in A-stan by Nato troops. I sincerely hope and pray that something really, really bad happens to these sic.k bastar.ds.