Anti-encroachment drive

Letter November 14, 2018
The government should give alternative spaces or shops to these people

KARACHI: An anti-encroachment drive is going on in full swing in Karachi. I wonder what these people will do now who were doing business on these sites. The government and the local authorities first let these people develop their businesses on these sites, let them encroach on these lands and after that many people invested their time, resources and start earning from here, it is then the authorities finally decided to demolish their stalls and shops . Many businesses are small-scale businesses. The government should give alternative spaces or shops to these people as the government is also responsible for all the protests the shopkeepers staged. Further, the government should also take action against big stores and businesses who illegally occupy footpaths and pedestrian walkways with generators and car parking.

Mubashir Mahmood

Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2018.

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