Karachi
Although no political party had given a strike call, yet all the major markets in the city remained closed on Tuesday as panic continued to grip the metropolis in the aftermath of the assassination of an MQM MPA.
There was a complete shutter down from Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Keamari, not even a pan vendor was willing to take the risk of opening his shop in a volatile situation.
The situation had forced millions of daily wage and salaried workers to remain homebound, said Atiq Mir, chairman of the All Karachi Tajir Ittehad.
“If the current situation persists, it will not be feasible anymore for the businesses to carry on,” he said.
Mir feared that if the situation remained volatile, it might hurt the “Rs2 billion Eid-related business” in the city.
He appealed to the authorities to play their role in normalizing the situation.
Jaffer Kodia, president of the Jodia Bazaar Association, said that the bazaar remained completely shut on Tuesday.
Anis Majeed, chairman of the Karachi Wholesale Grocers Association, said that none of his association’s 600 members opened their shops.
“A day’s closure does not create shortage of edible items, but if this situation continues it may increase prices before Ramazan,” he said.
All the 600 jewellery shops and 1,200 bullion workshops in the city remained closed too, said Haji Haroon Chand, chairman of All Sarafa Bazaar Association.
Rasheed Norani, General Secretary of Karachi Electric Dealers Association, said that some 22,000 shops that dealt in electronic goods also remained closed in the city.
Some other major markets which also remained closed on Tuesday were the Zaibunnisa Street, Zainab Market, Saddar, Tariq Road, Hydri, Golimar, Liqatabad, Mohtandaz, Liaquat Market and the Nursary Market.
Although no political party had given a strike call, yet all the major markets in the city remained closed on Tuesday as panic continued to grip the metropolis in the aftermath of the assassination of an MQM MPA.
There was a complete shutter down from Gulshan-e-Hadeed to Keamari, not even a pan vendor was willing to take the risk of opening his shop in a volatile situation.
The situation had forced millions of daily wage and salaried workers to remain homebound, said Atiq Mir, chairman of the All Karachi Tajir Ittehad.
“If the current situation persists, it will not be feasible anymore for the businesses to carry on,” he said.
Mir feared that if the situation remained volatile, it might hurt the “Rs2 billion Eid-related business” in the city.
He appealed to the authorities to play their role in normalizing the situation.
Jaffer Kodia, president of the Jodia Bazaar Association, said that the bazaar remained completely shut on Tuesday.
Anis Majeed, chairman of the Karachi Wholesale Grocers Association, said that none of his association’s 600 members opened their shops.
“A day’s closure does not create shortage of edible items, but if this situation continues it may increase prices before Ramazan,” he said.
All the 600 jewellery shops and 1,200 bullion workshops in the city remained closed too, said Haji Haroon Chand, chairman of All Sarafa Bazaar Association.
Rasheed Norani, General Secretary of Karachi Electric Dealers Association, said that some 22,000 shops that dealt in electronic goods also remained closed in the city.
Some other major markets which also remained closed on Tuesday were the Zaibunnisa Street, Zainab Market, Saddar, Tariq Road, Hydri, Golimar, Liqatabad, Mohtandaz, Liaquat Market and the Nursary Market.