World 16 Jun 2026

The bikers battling extreme heat and armed conflict to smuggle Iranian fuel to Pakistan

It's so hot the fuel can catch fire - the bikers tell the BBC they must live with the risk of injury and death.

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The fuel hangs precariously from the sides of his bike, strapped on with rope and string. He bought it at an open-air fuel market in Mastung, in Balochistan, Pakistan's biggest and. Poorest province, where he lives. Pick-up trucks loaded with plastic containers take fuel there to sell, having. Smuggled it across the border from Iran. While the illegal smuggling of petroleum products from Iran into Pakistan has. Been taking place for decades, there are signs it has been increasing. In recent months as a result of the US-Israeli war against Iran. With the war heavily disrupting flows of oil through the Strait of.

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