LAHORE: All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran (APAT) central General Secretary Naeem Mir has criticised the government, saying that it has not accepted a single demand of the traders, forcing them to go for another shutter down strike.
Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club on Saturday, Mir said that the government is not serious in resolving the issues of traders because it has not even accepted demands of those traders who had not observed shutter down strike earlier, terming the government’s action’s unfortunate and cruel.
He said that the government had committed to announcing a fixed tax scheme for traders but it could not be declared despite the passing of two weeks and added that the government is also trying to confuse traders on the ID card issue.
Mir further criticised the government for engaging the fake trade bodies in talks, who are not the real stakeholders.
He announced that APAT will hold an important meeting in Islamabad on Monday in order to decide on a future strategy for a shutter down strike in case the government does not accept the demands of traders.
Naeem Mir, on this occasion, also asked the Provincial Industry Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal to play the role of a mediator between the federal government and traders. He said the minister, at least, should get those issues resolved, which he mentioned in a list after a meeting with the traders.
