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Tanneries raided in Korangi, Pakistan

09/05/2005

A team from Pakistan’s Environmental Protection Agency, headed by Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Environmental Affairs, Muhammad Noman Saigal, raided factories in the Korangi industrial area in Karachi on Saturday May 7 and suspended operations at four leather tanneries. The provincial government has initiated action against factories violating environmental laws as set out by WTO. The factories which have been directed to stop operations are Muhammad Saleem Tanneries, Shaukat International, Mahkamuddin and Aminuddin and Z A Shaikh and Company.

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