Traders observe shutter-down strike against govt plan to extend tax net to Malakand division

Private businesses, including schools, across the Malakand division were closed on Tuesday as traders observed a shutter-down strike against the government’s plan to extend the tax net to the Malakand division.

The Malakand division trade union president, Abdur Rahim Khan, had given the strike call over the weekend after a detailed meeting with the all-district trade union leadership at Swat Press Club.

The traders said the government’s proposed move to extend the tax net was unjustified...