Pakistan truckers strike
NATO-route drivers protest pay, security
Posted: January 10, 2013 at 2:07 a.m.
Truckers who carry supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan have gone on strike in northwest Pakistan to protest lower pay, inadequate security and corrupt officials who demand bribes from the truckers, officials said Wednesday.
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