Traders are annoyed because whatever business is left is now being ruined by the latest round of container seizures.
RAWALPINDI: The anti-government Azadi March set out on Sunday afternoon from Karachi to Islamabad. Thousands of people including seminary students are participating in the march. Thousands of protesters in Pakistan are marching to the capital, Islamabad, calling on the Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign over the weak economy and corruption allegations.
The JUI-F has organised the protest and the marchers have reached the capital.
Though the planned sit-in will take place in Islamabad, businessmen, especially those focused on the export and import business, feel that political chaos would have adverse economic implications throughout the country. Traders have complained that containers with different consignments have been confiscated by the administrations of different districts to block roads. Retailers and traders are annoyed because whatever business is left in the country is now being ruined by the latest round of container seizures. In Rawalpindi and Islamabad, every government and private offices remained closed on the 31st of October and 1st of November just because of these marchers have arrived in the cities. This is harming business and education. Everyone is disturbed because of this march. The government must take strict action against them.
Usama Ahmed Baloch
Published in The Express Tribune, November 2nd, 2019.
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