‘Ready to fill jails’, traders to open shops till 8pm today
Karachi
June 5, 2021
Highlighting the businesses’ deteriorating condition amid the ongoing lockdown restrictions, Karachi’s leading traders’ associations announced on Friday they would open shops and businesses till 8pm today and vowed to resist the Sindh government’s order to seal shops for violating the lockdown and Covid-19 standard operating procedures.
The announcement was made in a meeting of leaders of various traders’ bodies. The traders also announced the formation of a ‘Traders Action Committee’, a joint body of traders’ associations of the city, to make collective efforts against the Sindh government’s restrictions on
Karachi shops to remain open till 8pm in violation of Sindh govt curbs
Pakistan
Fri, Jun 04, 2021
Shopkeepers seen protesting the closure of their shops outside Zainab Markets, on Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi, in May 2020. Geo News/File
Shops will remain open till 8pm starting tomorrow, the Tajir Action Committee in Karachi announced on Friday, in violation of the 6pm shut down time outlined by the Sindh government.
A notification by the committee said that the government had made no contact with traders, had not accepted a single demand of theirs, and only acted unilaterally . If the police resort to use of force or attempt to seal markets, we will protest, said the notification.