KARACHI, May 6: The Karachi Furniture Dealers Group has announced that its members will observe a strike on Friday in protest against the recent killing of a furniture dealer, Saleem Anwar Shaikh, the authorities’ failure to arrest his killers and the growing incidents of dacoities in furniture markets.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the group on Tuesday.

The meeting urged the government to take steps for the arrest of Shaikh’s killers and improve law and order. It also decided to take out a protest rally on Friday from Arambagh market to the CM’s House.—APP