Pakistan Hardware Merchants Association (PHMA) has condemned the harassment incident of PHMA members by bhatta mafia in Karachi. PHMA called an emergent meeting at its central office to review the law and order situation, which was jointly chaired by the PHMA Central Chairman Sardar Usman Ghani and Central Vice Chairman Syed Tariq Rasheed and attended by large number of members.
PHMA leadership strongly condemned activities of bhatta mafia, especially the Liqatabad incident, in which mafia after refusal from bhatta attacked the shops of PHMA members with crackers to create harassment. Hardware association strongly protests this act of terror and demand of Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take immediate action against these elements and protect the businessmen attached with hardware sector, which were not only providing jobs to people and also contributing to the national exchequer a huge amount of money in shape of taxes and duties.