KARACHI - Buses, coaches, wagons, trucks and heavy vehicles across Sindh province yesterday went on an indefinite wheel-jam strike to protest against unprecedented price-hike in petroleum products.
The strike, which was called off in the afternoon, completely paralysed Karachi port operations resulting in losses of millions of rupees to the exchequer. Due to the strike many of the city's petrol pumps remained closed as the petroleum products could not be delivered and a closure of majority of the petrol stations is likely if the vehicles remained off the road for next few days. |