Transporters’ strike: LCCI asks SC to take suo motu notice

He pointed out that the country was already facing huge challenges such as decline in exports


Our Correspondent May 17, 2017
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LAHORE: Irked by the failure of political forces to address concerns of business circles, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the goods transporters’ strike that is hitting trade, industry and economy hard.

“Continued strike by the goods transporters has already caused a loss of over Rs60 billion to the trade and industry as goods are stuck at Karachi Port and Port Muhammad Bin Qasim,” said LCCI Acting President Amjad Ali Jawa at a press conference. He said people working on daily-wages were struggling to make ends meet while slowdown in the supply of essential goods and edibles could spark food crisis in the country.

He pointed out that the country was already facing huge challenges such as decline in exports and historically high trade deficit. “In the first 10 months of the current financial year, the trade gap widened to $26.55 billion, which is 40% higher than the same period of previous year,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 17th, 2017.

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