LAHORE: Amid coronavirus-fuelled panic across the country, goods’ transporters have raised fake alarm bells of hindrances by law enforcement agencies to get a stimulus package from the government, Pakistan Today has reliably learnt. The PM had lifted a ban on goods’ transporters to ensure adequate supply of essential food items owing to the nationwide lockdown caused by coronavirus. He demanded the government to provide relief to the goods’ transporters and reschedule the instalments of bank loans for trucks and waive token tax and toll tax for transporters. “No one is stopping them from transporting essential food items,” she added. Moreover, sources in the police department maintained that they are not stopping transporters carrying essential goods.

Source: Pakistan Today April 04, 2020 08:15 UTC