Nationwide strike on 25th November by Petroleum Dealers
KARACHI: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association – has announced a nationwide strike on November 25 as they are “not interested in selling petrol on low profit margins”,
A spokesperson said that all the petrol pumps across the country will remain closed on Thursday, 25 November 2021.
“We have no way but to go on strike as the government has failed to meet the November 17 deadline for fulfilment of our demands,” the spokesperson said, adding that the petrol pumps in Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan will also remain shut on same day.
PPDA spokesperson added that the strike could be extend for an “unspecified period” if the government continued to give false consolation. This is second strike call from the association in less than three weeks. They had made a similar announcement for November 5 but withdrew after a government team agreed to increase their profit margins on the sale of petroleum products by 6 percent.
