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Govt opts for high-level talks as strike strains ports

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Govt opts for high-level talks as strike strains ports
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• Federal minister Aleem Khan, Sindh governor to meet goods transporters in Karachi • Security authorities join efforts to help break deadlock ISLAMABAD: With congestion beginning to build at the ports due to a pile-up of containers, the eight-day strike by truckers and edible oil tankers could end on Sunday (today) following a crucial round of talks at Governor House in Karachi between senior federal and provincial government officials and representatives of the transporters. Sources in the federal government told Dawn that the prolonged disruption and its impact on trade had prompted official efforts to resolve the dispute, with security authorities also becoming involved in attempts to…

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