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Now this is a time that Pakistan should consider to impose a tax on the Nato supply truck that use Pakistan routes to Afghanistan as US suspending aid to Pakistan.NATO goods have been shipped to Karachi and driven through Pakistan for more than nine years since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Chaman and Torkhum road networds are being used by the Nato trucks to take supplies to Afghanistan. According to sources, some 500 trucks filled from Pakistani refineries go to Afghanistan on a daily basis.For last seven years, this has been a daily routine.Many Pakistani highways have been affected due to the transporting of heavy trucks. This will give Pakistani Govt approximately an amount of $2 billion dollars annually.
The government can also impose road tax from the US, which would amount to approximately 600 million.
Karachi-to-Torkham Toll Charges:
Super Highway
4/5/6 axle trucks 155 Rs.
National Highway
4/5/6 axle trucks 155 Rs.
Motorways
4/5/6 axle trucks 580 Rs. (Islamabad to Peshawar)
Kohat Tunnel
4/5/6 axle trucks 275 Rs.
Toll Rates
Now calculate the toll of Super Highway + National Highway (5 toll points roughly) + Motorway + Kohat Tunnel, it becomes 1780 Rs./truck .so, 300 containers/day (lowest no.) mean 535500 Rs. ($6223/day or $2.240280 million/year) Add the cost of National Highway Authoritys project with World Bank by the name of Pakistan Highway Rehabilitation Project (PHRP) due to road damage caused by these heavy trucks decade-long travel .$282 will provide World Bank (keep this in mind that the amount is payable in return with interest) ..add octroi tax, usage fees/maintenance fees that we are not charging them as of yet, Rs 2.082 trillion loss in WOT in the form of exports, foreign investment, industrial output and tax collection etc. and minus all these figures from what we are gaining as aid and see by yourself is it profitable or not.
NATO trucks are causing a lot of damage to Pakistan's roads & highways.
Nato trucks damaging Indus Highway
ISLAMABAD Pakistani authorities are simply helpless in checking truckloads of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces badly damaging the Indus Highway, the repair of which would cost billions of rupees to the national exchequer, TheNation has learnt reliably.
NATO trucks and trailers have not been claimed even for once for the repair and maintenance work, while the cracks are developed on Indus Highway after every three to four months due to overloading, informed well-placed sources. These truckloads with oil and other material pass the Indus Highway to enter Afghanistan. Normally, the criterion set for trucks or heavy vehicles is that those with extra load above the recommended standards are not allowed and violators are fined by the National Highway Authority (NHA) but in case of NATO these rules do not simply apply.
NHA has set its measuring standard 17.5 tons for 2Excel Bedford while 2Excel Single Hino can carry 17.5 tons. Overloading fines starts from Rs1,000 to Rs 5,000 in each case with one-month imprisonment.
It is pertinent to mention here that NATO trucks have been frequently using the Indus Highway mainly from Karachi to Peshawar for a long time.
These trucks pass through the roads of main cities of country Karachi, Haiderabad, Shikarpur, Kashmor, D.G Khan, D.I.Khan, Peshawar and then cross the border to reach Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the sources said that most of the weighing stations on Indus Highway are not up to the mark. When contacted, Director Road and Transport Shoaib said that cracks are developed on the road due to overloading. Due Overloading of trucks cracks are developed even after three to four months, he said and admitted there was no proper mechanism for weighing station to check it.
When contacted, ISAF Joint Command Public Affairs Darin Russel said that they were only aware of contracted trucks not NATO-owned trucks. He also referred this scribe to contact trucking companies for information. After repeated tries the PRO of National Highway Authority (NHA) did not pick his cell phone as well as office number to give his comments.
Chaman and Torkhum road networds are being used by the Nato trucks to take supplies to Afghanistan. According to sources, some 500 trucks filled from Pakistani refineries go to Afghanistan on a daily basis.For last seven years, this has been a daily routine.Many Pakistani highways have been affected due to the transporting of heavy trucks. This will give Pakistani Govt approximately an amount of $2 billion dollars annually.
The government can also impose road tax from the US, which would amount to approximately 600 million.
Karachi-to-Torkham Toll Charges:
Super Highway
4/5/6 axle trucks 155 Rs.
National Highway
4/5/6 axle trucks 155 Rs.
Motorways
4/5/6 axle trucks 580 Rs. (Islamabad to Peshawar)
Kohat Tunnel
4/5/6 axle trucks 275 Rs.
Toll Rates
Now calculate the toll of Super Highway + National Highway (5 toll points roughly) + Motorway + Kohat Tunnel, it becomes 1780 Rs./truck .so, 300 containers/day (lowest no.) mean 535500 Rs. ($6223/day or $2.240280 million/year) Add the cost of National Highway Authoritys project with World Bank by the name of Pakistan Highway Rehabilitation Project (PHRP) due to road damage caused by these heavy trucks decade-long travel .$282 will provide World Bank (keep this in mind that the amount is payable in return with interest) ..add octroi tax, usage fees/maintenance fees that we are not charging them as of yet, Rs 2.082 trillion loss in WOT in the form of exports, foreign investment, industrial output and tax collection etc. and minus all these figures from what we are gaining as aid and see by yourself is it profitable or not.
NATO trucks are causing a lot of damage to Pakistan's roads & highways.
Nato trucks damaging Indus Highway
ISLAMABAD Pakistani authorities are simply helpless in checking truckloads of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces badly damaging the Indus Highway, the repair of which would cost billions of rupees to the national exchequer, TheNation has learnt reliably.
NATO trucks and trailers have not been claimed even for once for the repair and maintenance work, while the cracks are developed on Indus Highway after every three to four months due to overloading, informed well-placed sources. These truckloads with oil and other material pass the Indus Highway to enter Afghanistan. Normally, the criterion set for trucks or heavy vehicles is that those with extra load above the recommended standards are not allowed and violators are fined by the National Highway Authority (NHA) but in case of NATO these rules do not simply apply.
NHA has set its measuring standard 17.5 tons for 2Excel Bedford while 2Excel Single Hino can carry 17.5 tons. Overloading fines starts from Rs1,000 to Rs 5,000 in each case with one-month imprisonment.
It is pertinent to mention here that NATO trucks have been frequently using the Indus Highway mainly from Karachi to Peshawar for a long time.
These trucks pass through the roads of main cities of country Karachi, Haiderabad, Shikarpur, Kashmor, D.G Khan, D.I.Khan, Peshawar and then cross the border to reach Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the sources said that most of the weighing stations on Indus Highway are not up to the mark. When contacted, Director Road and Transport Shoaib said that cracks are developed on the road due to overloading. Due Overloading of trucks cracks are developed even after three to four months, he said and admitted there was no proper mechanism for weighing station to check it.
When contacted, ISAF Joint Command Public Affairs Darin Russel said that they were only aware of contracted trucks not NATO-owned trucks. He also referred this scribe to contact trucking companies for information. After repeated tries the PRO of National Highway Authority (NHA) did not pick his cell phone as well as office number to give his comments.