Govt under Fire by its Own MNA from Malakand on Tax Office

ISLAMABAD (Manend News) The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government on Wednesday came under “friendly fire” in the National Assembly, with lawmakers from within the ruling alliance, and hailing from all the three provinces ruled by it, criticizing it for its failure on different fronts.

Junaid Akbar, a PTI lawmaker from Malakand, warned that not only the erstwhile Federally and Provincially, Administered Tribal Areas (PATA & Fata), but the entire country would be affected adversely if the promises made to the people of the region were not fulfilled.

He said, those bureaucrats and politicians must be punished who established Tax Collection Office in PATA and FATA despite commitment of the house.

He said commitments for tax exemption and other incentives had been made on the floor of the house, and underlined the need to punish those responsible for non-implementation of the promised measures.

Another lawmaker suggested that a ministry be set up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to look into the affairs of the erstwhile Fata.