July 16, 2021
KARACHI: Business community on Thursday voiced strong regrets over the provincial government’s ‘unfair’ decision to reimpose two-week lockdown on economic activities, advising it to use administrative powers instead to enforce coronavirus preventive rules.
In a strongly-worded joint statement, Businessmen Chairman Group Zubair Motiwala and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Shariq Vohra said millions of people associated with restaurants, hotels, cafes, cinema houses, indoor gyms, indoor sports and inland tourism “will die of starvation instead of dying due to diseases triggered by the pandemic.
“Therefore, the government must understand the gravity of the situation and withdraw the unjust decision to once again close down numerous businesses.”