Electricity bills: Traders in Lahore, Karachi to observe shutter down strike

LAHORE: The business community of Lahore, announced on Thursday, to observe a shutter down strike on September 2 (Saturday) against the inflated electricity bills and rising inflation.

In a statement, Lahore Traders Association President Mujahid Maqsood Butt said that markets across Lahore will remain closed on Saturday (September 2) in protest against inflated electricity bills and rising inflation in the country.

Traders cannot pay such heavy bills, as it is destroying our businesses, he said, and urged the caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar to take back the recent hike in the electricity bills.
Meanwhile, Karachi traders have also announced a shutter down strike on September 1 (Friday) against inflated electricity bills.

The inflated power bills triggered country-wide protests from Karachi to Khyber and protests in some parts of the country are turning violent.

The protesting masses have been demanding that the government should end the provision of free electricity and provide relief to the masses as the bills they have been receiving are more than their salaries.

INP