Traders threaten protest over market ban

ATTOCK:

Following the Attock district administration orders to vacate the Friday market, vegetable, fruit and chicken traders of Attock are protesting in response.

According to the details, following the revised trading policy issued under the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, a consultative meeting of the Vegetable, Fruit and Chicken Traders Union was held at the residence of President Sabzi Fruit Traders Union Tahir Naqash in the village of Shakar Darra, near Attock, During the meeting, the traders discussed what they called "anti-trader policies" of the administration.

Tahir Naqash said in the light of the orders of the CM, difficulties are increasing day by day in doing business. They complained that 18 years ago, the ban on vendors in Sol Bazaar had forced them to move to Jumma Bazaar, and now they were being asked to move again.