Three Nato oil tankers torched

SHAKARPUR: Suspected militants here on Thursday torched 3 oil tankers, carrying oil for U.S.-led NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.

According to the media reports, the gunmen, riding motorcycles, first opened firing on the NATO oil tankers here, and torched three tankers.

Traffic was also suspended on National Highway for a while and police later arrived at the scene and also searched the area to apprehend the attackers but no one was arrested.

The oil tankers were coming from the port city of Karachi and heading to Afghanistan when came under attack. No one was injured in the attack.