Flood-triggered fuel shortage cripples life in Pakistan

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SLAMABAD, Aug. 17, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Pakistani citizens, businessmen and industrialists are facing massive problems due to the unavailability of petrol and diesel at most filling stations of the country following a limited supply of petroleum products after floods washed away the link roads.

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Pakistan always imports major part of its fuel needs from other countries which first arrives at the port of Pakistan's southern coastal city Karachi in Sindh province and then is supplied to the other part of the country through road transportation. Recent flash floods devastated almost all roads linking other three provinces to the Sindh which has halted the fuel supply.

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