Oil tankers observe strike against sale tax

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KARACHI: Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) has suspended the supply of oil all over the country in a bid to protest against the imposition of Rs30,000 sales tax per tanker.

All the provincial governments have imposed the tax , in the wake of which APOTOA have announced to cut off oil supply within the country especially to the power sector.

They further threatened to impede the supply to Karachi, if their demand is not agreed upon.

Besides this it is also feared that the shortage of oil related products in the country will occur due to the protest.