KARACHI – A delegation of the All Karachi Tajir Ittehad called on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar on Saturday and informed him that extortionists are harassing the trader community. MQM Rabita Committee member Wasim Aftab and Karachi Tanzimi Committee In-charge Hammad Siddiqui were also present on the occasion. The delegation told Dr Sattar extortionists are sending them slips demanding large sums of money and threatening them of dire consequences if the demands are not met.
They regretted that that the people at the helm of affairs are silent over the business community’s woes. They said that Karachi generates 70 percent of the country’s revenue and if adequate protection is not provided to the business community, they will be forced to take their investment out of the countr Dr Sattar expressed solidarity with the traders’ delegation and said that the MQM will help solve the problems of the business community.
