The ongoing and prolonged strike by the truckers in Karachi is causing massive losses to the trade and industry. President, Lasbela Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), Ismail Suttar has said that the business community has requested the Sindh High Court to soften its verdict banning the trucks and trailers movement in Karachi, keeping in view the ground realities and usual practices in connection with the transportation of raw material to the industries and finished goods to the port for prompt shipments and for timely distribution in the markets of the whole country.

He further said that the industries and the ship breaking yard in Lasbela District in Balochistan are suffering too much due to this strike because of disturbance in the production in the industries due to non availability of raw material in time and due to failing of timely catering to the market requirements of their products.

He further said that continuous transportation of raw material and products from the Lasbela Industrial Estates and Marble City and also the iron scraps from ship breaking industry should be ensured for smooth running of the industrial activities in this region, otherwise the revenue generation from the only organised industrial sector in Balochistan would be affected.

He further said that this strike not only is affecting the industrialist and traders but also the dock labour, importers, exporters, transporters, stevedores, port users, shipping and clearing agents, and other concerned agencies, besides incurring the high transportation expenses.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017