Pakistani traders shutdown business over IMF-driven taxes

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani businesses have gone on strike in a nationwide protest against an increased sales tax.

Pakistan imf Islamabad protest strike tax system

Javed Rana

Press TV, Islamabad

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistani businesses have gone on strike in a nationwide protest against an increased sales tax. The opposition political parties say the increase is imposed as part of the International Monetary Fund’s recent 6-billion-dollar bailout package for Islamabad. Javed Rana has the details.