MULTAN, Jan 16th: Complete shutter down will be observed on January 20 as a protest against the 12 percent increase in power tariff, 18 percent in Gas price,introduction of mini budgets every month, and unannounced load shedding and those who were opposing the strike were in fact the agents of the administration and the Government and they are not loyal to the business community, stated Khawaja Muhammad Shafiq and Muhammad Khalid Qureshi while talking to newsmen at the token hunger strike camp at chowk old Sabzi- Mandi .They threatened to launch a civil disobedience drive if their demands were not met. Traders also wore black armbands and displayed the banners inscribed with their demands. They also burnt their electricity bills.They observed three hours token hunger strike from 1100 to 0200. Khawaja Muhammad Shafiq, Khalid Mehmood Qureshi, Jafar Ali Shah, Salim Awan, Aziz-ur-rehman,Shaikh Muhammad Ayyub ,Mirza Asghar Ali, Shaikh Rafiq Ahmed and Iqbal Mubeen also joined the hunger strikers.Traders ofCantonment headed by Malik Nazir Ahmed Awan, Multan Tajir Ittehad and Markazi Anjumn Tajiran have announced to boycott tyhe strike call by some vested interests and said that their business would remain open on Jan 20 because traders community and the country cannot afford the agitation and strikes. However traders have been divided into two groups on the issue of shutter down on Jan 20.Pro Pakistan Muslim League traders are supporting those who had given the shutter down call while Pro-PPP were opposing it.