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Six million litres of diesel and paraffin oil are smuggled from Iran to Pakistan every day, which amounts to about two billion litres every year. More than 3,000 vehicles in Sistan and Baluchistan province are smuggling fuel. Joblessness, drought, and the low price of fuel in Iran, as compared to Pakistan, are the main reasons for fuel smuggling. Many young people in Sistan and Baluchistan Province seek this profitable and dangerous job.
Ahmad once earned a good living as a fisherman on Lake Hamoun in Iran’s Sistan Basin. But after the lake dried up due to severe drought and water diversion for irrigation, he began smuggling fuel. He is not alone: approximately six million liters of fuel are smuggled from Iran to Pakistan every day (or over two billion liters per year).
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