APC Demanded ‘Malakand’ to be Tax-Free Division
The authorities said to change the status of an area, the residents are taken into confidence, however, the current government bypassed them
All Parties’ Conference (APC) demanded immediate closure of the Tax Facilitation Center in Sakhakot and wanted government to call Malakand a Tax-free division.
In this regard, APC organized a meeting with all political parties of Malakand district to conclude a decision favorable for everyone.
The party expressed serious concerns over the tax center set up by the Federal Board Revenue (FBR) at Sakhakot and set a deadline for its immediate shutdown.
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In the meeting, the authorities said to change the status of an area, the residents are contacted and taken into confidence before concluding on the decision.
However, the situation is the opposite as the current government has bypassed the residents of the Malakand division, and now it is badly affected after the imposition of taxes.
During the conference, PPP’s provincial senior vice-president Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha said that all the political parties, trade unions, lawyers, and journalists of Malakand will not allow the government to succeed by standing against this cruel attempt.
He recalled that such an office was set up at Batkhela some 3 years ago but it was abolished by the people and political and business organizations promptly.
Concluding the conference, APC issued a statement that demanded that the center should be removed from Sakhakot and the Malakand division should be announced as a tax-free division.
