Islamabad, July 16, 2025: The Pakistan Transport Council has called for a wheel-jam strike on July 19, 2025, in protest against what they describe as unfair taxation.
Council President Tanveer Ahmad Jutt said that transport workers across the country will stop services until their requests are accepted.
Jutt stressed that the transport field is united with the business sector and will keep the strike going until the new six percent tax on transporters is removed. He blamed the government’s present steps, saying they have already badly hurt Pakistan’s import and export trade.
Showing disappointment, Jutt said that transporters have had enough and will no longer tolerate what they believe is poor handling and carelessness by the government.
in addition, all main transport groups in Pakistan had also declared a nationwide wheel jam strike on July 19 to support the business sector.
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Malik Sher Khan, the leader of the Karachi Goods Carrier Association, stated that transporters completely back the traders’ protest. “On July 19, no vehicles will be on the roads, and no supplies will be delivered anywhere in Pakistan. If the traders choose to continue the strike, we are fully prepared to support them,” he said.
He confirmed that all transporters will take part in the Karachi Chamber of Commerce’s strike on July 19, and the wheel jam will carry on until their demands are accepted. Goods transport services will be stopped across the country.
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Heads of transport unions from various regions joined a press conference with the President of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce to show support against specific parts (37A and 37B) of the Sales Tax Act added in the Finance Bill.
Javed Balwani, the President of the Karachi Chamber, said they are getting many phone calls from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance Ministry for talks, but the Finance Minister still hasn’t come to meet them in Karachi.
He said, “In an urgent meeting today, we decided that we are ready to talk, but only if our five main demands are put on hold for now. That is the only way the strike can be ended.”
Balwani also said that the transporters have promised full backing even if the strike goes on longer.
