NAROWAL: Business leaders across Punjab on Friday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to intervene against what they described as “anti-business” policies introduced in the federal budget for 2025-26, warning of nationwide protests and industrial shutdowns if their demands are not met.

Hundreds of businessmen and industrialists staged demonstrations under the banner of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), supported by several prominent trade bodies, expressing strong resentment over the government’s new tax measures. Industrialists-cum-exporters, typically absent from strikes or sit-ins, gathered in and around the SCCI building following Juma prayers despite the sweltering heat.

SCCI President Ikram-ul-Haq, alongside Patron-in-Chief Sheikh Riaz and other senior businessmen, addressed the gathering,........

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