File photo of NATO trucks. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
The missing containers case, which saw the disappearance of over 19,000 containers allegedly carrying arms, ammunition, liquor and other goods will be investigated by commission led by Ramzan Bhatti.
"During the day-long investigation of the commission, access to certain floors of the Sarawan Custom House, Karachi was blocked," said Ehtisham Mufti, Express News correspondent, who was reporting on the first day of the commission's investigations.
"Sources said that officials present at Karachi Port Trust, Port Qasim, Terminal and other container terminals will be investigated and evidence will be collected," reported Ehtisham.
As part of the investigation, DG Rangers will also be questioned.
It will also be determined that of the number of containers which went missing, how many were NATO containers.
Earlier, a bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had sought a report on the case.
The bench had summoned Customs chief collector Muhammad Yahya, who said he had no knowledge about the arms being smuggled into the country, and had insisted that the monitoring system had been made strict.
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So is this an investigation of a failed investigation or is this a repeat of an old article? Pretty sure ET had a number of "missing container" articles way before you shut off the supply line.
19,000 containers are not a needle in a haystack. It must have been done with cooperation from lot of people. They all would have their hands in this cookie jar. An evidence of that could be life style of their children living lavishly overseas. Once proven, there must be fines and rigorous punishments for those found involved in this scandal, especially the big guns.
How can such big 19,000 containers be taken away like this?
And where the people who stole have kept the 19,000 empty containers?
Unbelievable.
It was not a matter of stealing a small diamond from the jeweller's shop.
The case of missing containers should be investigated throughly and concerned people should be arrested and arms and ammunition should be recovered from the thieves, before it is been used to kill more innocent people in Karachi or elsewhere in the country.