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05-17-2017, 07:44 PM
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Goods transporters end strike
 KARACHI: Goods transporters on Wednesday (today) ended 10-day long strike on Sind gover**r's intervention, Geo TV reported.Speaking to the TV channel, Sindh Gover**r said he assured the transporters to address reservations of Goods transporters. The gover**r also assured them of providing security to their loaded Goods vehicles. It is worth mentioning here that the Goods transporters had called a strike to protest government's move, taken on court directives, to bar heavy vehicles from moving inside the city. Transporters refused to carry the Goods and consignments from the ports to the market which caused heavy losses to the eco**my. According to a report published earlier in the day, the strike rendered a colossal loss of at least Rs100 billion to the industry due to the hiccups in transportation of trade consignments, a senior industry official said. Shakeel Ahmed Dhingra, a member of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry said it is difficult to calculate an actual loss, “but it would be around $1 billion as the entire eco**my is affected due to the transporters’ protest.” On March 31, the Sindh High Court banned the movements of heavy traffic within the city during the day. Since transporters refused to carry Goods from the ports to the markets after the ban, the containers stood full at Karachi International Container Terminal and Pakistan International Container Terminal. Shoaib Khan, chief coordinator of Goods transporters association said the strike of Goods transporters will continue till the provincial government issues any **tification to allow substitute routes. Khan, after a meeting with Sindh Gover**r Muhammad Zubair, said two round of meetings were held but to ** avail. Zubair assured the transporters of resolving their issues. He said the eco**my is facing immense losses due to the protest. It would discourage potential investment in the country, he added. A**ther meeting was held at the Karachi Port Trust, which was attended by all the stakeholders, including transporters, but it remained fruitless. Jawed Bilwani, chairman of the All Pakistan Exporters Association told, all the production in the export-oriented sector remained suspended due to strike, which brought around Rs 214 billion loss to the eco**my. أكثر... 
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