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Summary A complete industrial halt is being observed against imposition of GST.
More than 0.1 million power looms have been shut down in Faisalabad in protest against increase in sales tax, whereas textile sizing factories’ protest enters 6th day.Workers say that they had already been affected by the gas and electricity load shedding, and now with the increase in sales tax.Factory owners say that their businesses have been ruined by the government. “The increase in taxes is injustice”, they said, and vowed to continue their strike until the government reverts its decision. The textile organisations have called a meeting of its members in Islamabad to discuss the situation.Multan resembles the similar situation where power looms owners and workers staged protests and chanted slogans against the government. They demanded that the decision of increase in tax and tariffs of gas and electricity be reverted by a Presidential Ordinance.
