# Cargo stacks up as Pakistan seizes containers to block capital routes

https://mins.news/en/item/83041

- Reuters, 2026-10-02 07:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cargo-stacks-up-pakistan-seizes-containers-block-capital-routes-2026-10-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abf5a00aa92170001cbfa4f

> Pakistan’s attempt to keep supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan out of the capital has caused shipping containers to pile up at the country’s main port in Karachi, about 1,400 km away.

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