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KARACHI: On April 22, Interpol informed Pakistan that a ship carrying 1,500 tons of hazardous mercury sludge was making its way towards Pakistani waters after being denied permission to dock in Bangladesh. Despite Interpol’s warnings, the decommissioned FSO Radiant docked at a ship-breaking yard in the coastal town of Gadani in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan
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Ship Containing Hazardous Material Arrives At Pakistan s Gadani; Authorities Launch Probe
Pakistan has launched a probe into the anchoring of a ship at Gadani shipbreaking yard despite Interpol s warning that the vessel contains dangerous chemicals
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Pakistan authorities have launched an investigation into the anchoring of a ship at the Gadani shipbreaking yard despite Interpol s warning that the vessel contains dangerous chemicals. The Environment Protection Agency of Balochistan has sealed the plot of Gadani yard, where the ship was anchored for scrapping and sent the samples of loaded material to three private laboratories in Karachi.
The Lasbela deputy commissioner ordered the probe on Wednesday, asking the concerned authorities to ascertain how the ship reached Gadani despite the presence of dangerous material in the ship.
An investigation has been launched into the matter of anchoring a ship containing dangerous chemicals at the Gadani shipbreaking yard despite an explicit