Edibles shortage looms after confiscation of containers.

RAWALPINDI -- The markets and bazaars of twin cities may face shortage of edibles after confiscation of containers carrying food items.

The impounded containers have been placed along roads of Rawalpindi and Islamabad ahead of Azadi March.

Local goods transporters and traders associations said the confiscation of containers would create shortage of edibles in the coming days.

For the last many years, the law enforcement agencies has been using containers to block marches of lawyers, Tahirul Qadri or combined march of Imran-Qadri as well as Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan.

In the twin cities, the edibles including fruits, vegetables, grains and other items brought from other cities of the country. There are no farms at the local level and mostly products come from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so in case of road closure, the twin cities will face problems.

As the main transit city, all the goods transported to Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Giligit-Baltistan from Rawalpindi.

On the other hand, Goods Transport Union President Shakeel Qureshi said the government had seized the containers which had created problems for the people. He said the daily wagers were unemployed for the last one week.

He said the government had snatched employment from the daily wagers and...