LG system cannot be imposed on all provinces: Khursheed Shah

said it seems as if Imran Khan came into power to tax the poor

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday said the federal government cannot impose their local government system on all provinces, Express News reported.

He said the federal government cannot bring civil reforms to the entire country but only to provinces under their control. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government has a majority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.



Shah added that looking at the federal budget, it seems as if Imran Khan came into power to tax the poor.

Referring to recently imposed taxes by the government in the amended budget for the fiscal year, Shah claimed that Pakistan has the lowest ratio of tax paying citizens. He urged the government to give Parliament the authority to appoint the chairman for the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

The PPP leader also said gas and petrol taxes come from the common man’s pockets and claimed the PPP had never raised prices on such basic necessities.



Earlier in September, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said law and order was a provincial matter when asked about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s proposal to extend federal support for police reforms and health care.