For several days, families whose relatives are reportedly missing from different areas of Balochistan's Kech district have been staging a sit-in to demand their safe return.
All Pakistan Traders Association President Ajmal Baloch and other traders made this announcement during a joint press conference in Islamabad on Friday.
The recent increase in electricity bills has further frustrated the people and traders who have already been heavily burdened by the rising inflation in Pakistan.
Amid stringent International Monetary Fund (IMF) restrictions, traders from throughout Pakistan joined protesters in a demonstration against a significant increase in electricity tariffs on Thursday, ARY News reported.
Traders, transporters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have rejected the unprecedented increase in prices of petroleum products and have demanded the caretaker prime minister, Anwarul Haq, to withdraw the decision, Dawn reported.
Chairman of the Shinkiari Traders' Association Alamgir Shah, said: "Our businesses are already suffering from record inflation and are badly hit by the daylong load-shedding as well to our misery."
All-Pakistan Anjuman Tajiran (APAT) President Ajmal Baloch asserted that the shops will not close before 10 pm, while restaurants will remain open until 11 pm.
The Lahore High court dismisses a petition against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party's long march filed by the All Pakistan Traders Association. A sessions court also dismissed another petition at Faisalabad charging PTI Chief Imran Khan of defaming the Army, The Dawn reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 7 (ANI): The traders closed the shops and stormed a police post in Pakistan's Mansehra after a local was electrocuted while fleeing during the Zafar Chowk crackdown.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI) Religious groups and traders in Pakistan jointly protested against the alleged blasphemy on Friday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and announced that they won't allow lawyers to appear for the suspect in court.
Karachi [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM) party organized a traders' conference in Sindh province to discuss the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) new local government act, which they say is stopping Karachi's economic growth.