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Summary Traders of Lahore are divided on the shutter down strike call against the energy crisis.
The call was given by Qaumi Tajir Ittehad Anjuman-e-Tajiran (Khalid Pervez Group) has announced to observe complete shutter-down strike in Lahore on Saturday against massive load shedding, fuel adjustment surcharge, increase in the prices of petroleum products and CNG.On the other hand, the other sect of All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran including President Haji Abdul Manan and Naeem Mir have announced that they will not participate in the strikeThey announced that their traders will open their shops as usual on Saturday; however, they announced that they will fully participate in the rally announced by Pakistan Muslim League (N) against power outages.Later, activists of the rival traders groups clashed on the issue of closing shops. One group wanted that the shops sould be kept closed while the other group said that the shops will remain opened. Activists of both the groups punched and kicked each other on the busiest Mall Road of Lahore.
