Karachi Customs Intelligence raided the Jama Cloth Market and seized non-customs paid clothes worth millions of rupees. A protest sit-in will be held on MA Jinnah Road.
Customs officials in Jama Cloth Market last night tried to seize non-customs paid clothes, but faced stiff resistance from traders, who summoned the police.
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Two people were injured in a shootout and stone pelting between traders, customs officials and police and were rushed to a civil hospital for medical treatment. The area remained a battlefield due to heavy stoning.
Customs officials said that a container of non-customs paid clothes was raided, at which vendors in Allahwali Market resisted the customs officials. On the occasion of resistance, the police was asked to help police.
Customs officials said shopkeepers blocked the road and parked the container in the middle of the road, blocking traffic on both sides.
To prevent merchants protest, air was fired to disperse the crowded crowded crowd, while traders were fired on the police.
On the other hand, traders of Jama Cloth Market and other markets said that there would be a protest today against illegal raids and policing by the customs authorities and a sit-in would be held on MA Jinnah Road. He says that the economy of this country is run on the tail of traders.
If traders close their businesses then how will taxes be collected. The government should cooperate with us and save our lives from day to day operations. We are asked to pay a bribe and are harassed with tricks and excuses for refusing. Merchants are the backbone of any country’s economy, but they are also squeezing the most sensitive part.