Pak Vanaspati Manufacturers announce strike

Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA) has announced to go on strike by shutting down ghee and cooking oil mills all over the country from Saturday onwards, after an unfortunate incident of burning of four National Logistic Cell tankers carrying consignments of edible oil from Port Qasim. As per details of the incident, the imported consignments of edible oil were cleared from Port Qasim and loaded on NLC containers for transportation to the ghee and cooking oil mills.
The incident took place despite clear orders of the Sindh High Court that no party will take lw in its own hands and both NLC and private transporters would continue smooth transportation of edible oil from Karachi to other destinations across the country. The incident has also shown helplessness of the ghee and cooking oil mills at the hands of transport mafia, which has deliberately burnt the oil tankers, causing loss to the concerned industry. Prices of vegetable ghee and cooking oil are expected to rise after closure of ghee and cooking oil mills across the country.