KARACHI: Tanker owners’ demands

Published March 24, 2003

KARACHI, March 23: The All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) has urged the government to take measures to solve their problems before March 31.

Speaking at a press conference, APOTOA Chairman Mohammad Aslam Niazi and its General Secretary Mohammad Hanif Kakar said that the association had called off the strike after being assured by the Sindh government that its demands would be met before March 31.

The office-bearers said that they had presented an 11-point charter of demands to the provincial government.—APP

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