Pakistan COVID19
COVID-19 surge in Pakistan: Traders reject decision to close business at 6 pm
Islamabad: Certain sections of Pakistani traders have objected to the country's government's decision to close businesses at 6 pm under new coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, media reports said.
Several representatives of the business community from Islamabad and Punjab attended a meeting via video-link on Sunday, The Express Tribune reported.
All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran and Islamabad Traders Action Committee President Ajmal Baloch told the newspaper that the announcement was concerning for traders, adding that Covid had ravaged businesses and they were unable to bear expenses such as rent, salaries of employees, and utility bills.
Baloch said that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) withdrew the relief given to the traders under utility bills. Despite that, they paid full taxes.
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