Commerce Threatened: LCCI concerned over Karachi violence

a container loaded with auto-parts was looted near Nooriabad.

LAHORE:
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Shahzad Ali Malik, Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad and Vice President Sohail Azhar expressed deep concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi, in light of a container loaded with auto-parts was looted near Nooriabad. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the LCCI office-bearers said that at a time when the government was striving for attracting foreign investment and encouraging local businesses, the deteriorating law and order situation is putting a reverse gear to all its efforts. They said that the business community plays an important role in running the affairs of the country and the government should take special steps to protect the businessmen from any such incidents.




Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2011.