President Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said on Thursday all arrangements had been finalised to stage sit-in on Saturday against suspension of gas supply to industry in the province. He said that presidents of all the Chambers of Commerce & Industry in Punjab and their executive committee members would also take part in the protest.
Around 50,000 to 100,000 industrialists, traders and industrial workers to participate in the sit-in as part of LCCI's protest plan announced by the LCCI President recently. He said that the government discriminatory behaviour against the Punjab industry had forced the business community to take this extreme step.
If the government did not change its policy even after the sit-in, protests would also be held in Islamabad because the entire industry was in deep trouble and thousands of workers had been rendered jobless. The registration of FIR against the business leaders could not stop them from continuing their struggle, Sheikh said, adding that they would keep on holding protest demonstrations until their genuine demands were accepted.
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