With its hands already full dealing with protests everywhere, the federal government is now faced with another challenge. Traders have decided to stage a sit-in at Islamabad s Faizabad to protest the FBR s plan to install integrated Point of Sale (POS) machines at 500,000 businesses. Traders say they would hold the sit-in at Faizabad, the busiest place between Islamabad and Rawalpindi, on October 26. By this time, a long march from the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) would likely be in the city.
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Traders demand increase in business hours
Islamabad
April 17, 2021
Islamabad : A joint meeting of the traders of the twin cities was held under the chairmanship of Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, president, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to discuss the decision of the government to close businesses 2 days in a week and close normal shops by 6:00 pm.
Abdul Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Mian Akram Farid Chairman Founder Group, Ajmal Baloch President, Anjuman-e-Tajiran Pakistan, Kashif Chaudhry President Anjuman-e-Tajiran Pakistan, Malik Zaheer President Islamabad Small Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Shahid Ghafoor Paracha President Anjuman-e-Tajiran Punjab, Sheikh Hafeez President Anjuman-e-Tajiran Rawalpindi Cantt, Khalid Chaudhry Convener ICCI Traders Committee and presidents and general secretaries of all markets of Islamabad attended the meeting, says a press release.
Fire-hit traders warn of protest
Demand compensation, rehabilitation for Urdu Bazaar victims
BURNT TO ASHES: The cooling process continues in the fire-hit Urdu Bazaar as smoke rises from the shops gutted in the blaze.
RAWALPINDI:
The Punjab Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajiran (PMAT) and Rawalpindi Chambers of Small Industries (RCSI) on Saturday warned of holding a protest demonstration if the government did not take measures for immediate rehabilitation and compensation for the affected traders whose shops were gutted in a fire two days ago in the Rawalpindi Urdu Bazaar.
PMAT President Shahid Ghafoor Paracha addressed a press conference at Urdu Bazaar with RCSI President Sheikh Nadeem. He said three days had passed since the tragedy but neither the government nor the administration has initiated proceedings to calculate the damage caused by the fire.