Strikes upshot on lives

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Strikes upsets life

 By Musfira Amean

Strike calls by different political parties and groups have become order of the day at least in the Sindh province. Strike calls have become more frequent as during last few months there were 36 strike calls.

These strike call adversely affect our education, business and routine life in the cities. As  trade activities remain closed due to complete shutter down and closure, this reflect into decline of tax revenue and trade. This accounted in billions. Karachi suffers a loss of approximately Rs 3.15 billion that is not good for a city as well as a country. Karachi is the major revenue generating source for the government.  

Due to the wheel- jam strike, most educational institutions remain closed because transport is not on roads and the students couldn't reach their college, school and university. In this situation administration is compelled to announce holiday, whether the next day is exam or not. The scheduled examinations are also postponed. Frequent strike calls distract the students from studies.

 Strike has negative social and corporate effects. Thousands of daily-wage earners are directly affected, for whom even a day without work means a hunger. Factory workers, shopkeepers and labours they all work on daily wages and they are exceedingly upshot. Non availability of public transport in the morning does not allow the government employees to go their offices, shopkeepers and labours to resume their business. Sometime some groups threaten the business men that their shops and business would be attacked if they found these shops opened during the strike.

Strikes make life difficult for everyone. Ask a mother whose child cries for milk but she can not get it due to strike, ask a sick person who can not get medical aid due to strike, and ask a student who can't reach school/college due to unavailability of transport. Ask a poor person who can not get food for his children because he earns on daily wedges.

Our politicians should sincerely think over it and do look for a way in which a poor man may not be disturbed and bring a peaceful and livable environment in the country. 

  Practical work carried out under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi

October 2012