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Pak, the world leader in stolen cars business!

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Islamabad, Aug. 18 -- On an average cars worth Rs one billion are stolen every month in Pakistan, said a report of the country's Interior Ministry, and added that cars of an estimated worth of Rs 18 billion were stolen in the past 18 months.

According to the report, 14,037 vehicles worth Rs seven billion were stolen or snatched across the country during the first half of 2008 while 23,144 vehicles worth Rs 11 billion were stolen or snatched during 2007.

Punjab had the highest number of vehicle lifting incidents, as 7432 vehicles were taken away in the first six months of 2008 and 6,801 in the same period of 2007. In ...

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