Business community expresses annoyance over long bank holidays.

ISLAMABAD -- After two months of lockdown, businesses have been reopened and with the advent of Eid, business activities have picked up sharply.

However, banks have been closed for 6 days including on Friday due to which, business community was facing great problems in keeping cash in safe custody.

Therefore, Governor State Bank of Pakistan should order for an inquiry as to why the banks have been closed for 6 consecutive days in Pakistan.

This demand was made by Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a statement.

Muhammad Ahmed Waheed further said that due to Eid, the trend of shopping in the markets was showing its peak as billions of rupees were being spent on doing daily shopping. Under these circumstances, how would the business community keep its cash received from sales in safe condition due to the closure of...

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