Across Pakistan, traders are going on strike in protest of the country’s high taxes and electricity rates.

According to Ajmal Baloch, President of the All Pakistan Traders Association, there are currently no discussions taking place with the administration, and an ongoing strike is being observed throughout Pakistan.

The traders’ group has issued a request for the closure of all markets from Karachi to Khyber.

Kashif Chaudhry, the Central President of the Anjuman-e-Tajiran, referred to the negotiations now taking place with the government as a “drama” and pledged to observe a strike earlier on Tuesday.

Traders are unified, according to Kashif Chaudhry, and they are requesting a drop in the prices of electricity as well as a review of the agreements with power providers. By referring to the strike as a step in the right direction, he stated that the economic system needed to be rectified.

While assuring businesses that their ‘legitimate’ demands would be accepted, the Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Rashid Mahmood Langrial, stated that the Tajir Dost Scheme would not be changed.

Fazlur Rehman has expressed his support for the strike that shopkeepers are going on against the Tajir Dost plan.

Traders from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Gujranwala, and Peshawar participated in a virtual discussion about doing business.

According to Rashid Mahmood Langrial, all of the vendors’ ‘legitimate’ demands will be satisfied. In spite of this, the chairman of the FBR has made it quite clear that the Tajir Dost Scheme will not be changed.

It is not conceivable to tax the weaker people more than the powerful people, according to Rashid Mahmood Langrial, who stated that Pakistan is one of the few countries that does not impose a tax on retail and whole-sale sales.