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Closed shops along a street in Karachi - Copyright AFP Rizwan TABASSUMThousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections. Decades of mismanagement and instability have hobbled Pakistan’s economy, and this summer Islamabad was forced into a deal with the International […]
Closures in major cities with shops displaying placards decrying ‘unreasonable increase in electricity bills and taxes’.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections. Decades of mismanagement and instability have hobbled Pakistan’s economy, and this summer Islamabad was forced into a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avert default. However, the […]
Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections.
A bailout deal with the IMF has forced the country to cut popular subsidies. Read more at straitstimes.com.