Karachi: A complete shutter down strike is being observed in Karachi city of Pakistan against kidnapping and killing of traders and extortion, as eight more people lost their lives on Wednesday.
The strike left commuters, students and workers stranded on roads as the Karachi Transport Ittihad supported the call for strike by the traders. Large crowds were seen at bus stops, and people paid much higher fare to taxicabs and auto-rickshaws to reach their destinations.
Most educational institutes were also shut whereas scheduled board examinations were postponed and majority of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and petrol filling stations were closed for business.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and the Sunni Tehrik (ST) also supported the call for strike made by Chairman of Karachi Traders Association, Atiq Meer after extortionists killed Qarar Ali and Syed Zakir Ali, who were brothers of former MQM lawmaker Shakir Ali and traders in Shershah’s Kabari market on Tuesday.
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