A nationwide strike is being conducted today by trade organizations against the imposition of heavy electricity bills and taxes.
Business centers from Karachi to Khyber are closed due to the strike by trade organizations and schools are also closed in various cities due to the strike.
Various political parties in the country, including Jamaat-e-Islami and JUI, have announced their support for the strike.
The administration of Islamabad has closed the roads leading to the red zone with containers given the protests.
The business organizations of Lahore are divided into two factions over the issue of the strike, one faction is in favor of the strike while the other group is against the strike.
President Anjuman Tajran Karachi Javed Shams says that the political leadership has failed, and there will be a complete strike on August 28.
The president of All Pakistan Anjuman Tajran Sindh today announced his full support for the shutdown strike and said that business will remain closed today in all the big and small cities of Sindh.
Reject increase in taxes and electricity bills.
He further said that the ruling class wants to take away the right to live from the businessmen and the people, the businessmen-friendly scheme is not acceptable in its current form.
Karachi Electronics Dealers Association President Mohammad Rizwan said that all trade organizations from Karachi to Khyber were involved in the strike.
If the issues are not resolved, the duration of the strike may be extended.
President All Karachi Traders Union Atiq Mir said that this is not a strike of traders but citizens, the common man is worried about inflation.
In Peshawar also, various markets have been closed by the traders and the trader’s unions have demanded that the increase in electricity prices should be withdrawn, and the tax rate should be reduced.
