LAHORE: Traders observe countrywide shutter down strike against the withholding tax today.
This would be the second countrywide strike on the issue. Earlier, the business community succeeded in observing the strike across country, pressurizing the government to withdraw withholding tax on banking transactions.
On Tuesday, different factions of the traders in two different press conferences announced the complete shutter down strike for today.
After the traders and business community, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) also announced to observe the September 9 strike.