Karachi traders warn of stern action if demands not heeded in 72 hours

KARACHI: The trader associations in the port city have Tuesday given the Sindh government a 72-hour deadline to heed their demands of easing restrictions and end their plight as the monetary crisis has cropped up for them in the midst of stricter Covid-led lockdowns, ARY News reported.

Only to de-seal Sareena Mobile Market, the shopkeepers had to bribe the provincial government Rs1 billion, the traders claimed today in a joint presser held with Karachi political party MQM-P, adding that instead of extending ease to businesses like in the world, the government is shuttering them down.