Nato Trucks Were Carrying Office Supplies For Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is about to resume normal arrangement of trucks with Nato supplies passing through its territory, the country's top diplomat in Islamabad has said, amidst reports that officials for the first time in six months have allowed four trucks to go to Afghanistan.
"Truck cargo was suspended . Some humanitarian supplies may have drifted through, and those are humanitarian supplies. So, this is a new beginning, and obviously , it brings good tidings," the Pakistan ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman said in Washington on Friday.
The Nato trucks were carrying office supplies for the US embassy in Kabul.
"Yes, I think that we are looking at a positive conversation ," Rehman said when asked whether Pakistan is about to resume the normal arrangement allowing trucks to bring supplies to US and Nato troops in Afghanistan.
She, however, refused to respond to questions on the new transit tax being imposed by Pakistan on Nato trucks.
There are reports that Pakistan is demanding somewhere between $5,000 to $6,000 per container - an 34 fold increase in the existing rate.