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The trader unions in Lahore have announced not to close shops at 8:00pm and decided to close shops at 9pm. The traders also warned that they would initiate civil disobedience movement if force would be employed.During a meeting in the Alhamara Hall Lahore the traders wing of Nawaz League traders convention it was decided that from Monday shops will not be closed at 8:00pm.The traders' representatives of 350 markets of Lahore announced not to pay value added tax and called it killing of consumers and traders community. The traders stated that the markets in three provinces are not being closed at 8:00 pm and thus they would also not close at 8:00 pm.The traders demanded that government should review the decisions of imposition of value added tax, increase in property tax and early closure of markets.
