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Strike Shuts Pakistan Shops "ISLAMABAD - Retailers in major Pakistani cities shut their businesses at the start of a three-day strike on Friday in protest against the military government's plans to broaden the tax net as demanded by international donors... ...But Umer Sailya, chairman of a powerful retailers' association, told reporters his members would not buckle under government pressure. "The IMF is a threat to our country, even people in Washington have launched a protest campaign against it," he said." |