Business community appeals Sindh govt to withdraw decision of closing down businesses.

KARACHI -- Representatives of business and industrial community on Thursday expressed concerns over Sindh government's decision to once again close down various businesses including dining in facility at all restaurants.

Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra, in a joint statement issued here, urged the government to devise effective strategy for strict implementation of SOPs instead of closing down businesses as shutting down businesses to contain the spread of corona was not the solution and it would only intensify the hardships for people.

They said that the government must understand the gravity of the situation and plight of millions of people associated with restaurants, hotels, cafes, cinema houses, indoor gyms, indoor sports and inland tourism and withdraw the decision to close down numerous businesses once again.

'After going through the toughest time of their lives, the owners of restaurants, cinema houses and other businesses took the much-awaited sigh of relief as they were allowed to carry out their businesses but unfortunately within a few days, the Sindh Home Department has once...