A female member of the Sindh Assembly speaking in the house on Monday. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD SAQIB/EXPRESS
All hell broke loose when the tax imposed on beauty parlours came up for discussion. A war of words started between PPP MPA Sharmila Faruqui and PML-F’s Nusrat Sehar Abbasi when the former lashed out at those critical of the tax. “Only those who frequent the beauty parlours will be affected while 60 per cent of the population living in the rural areas will not be burdened by this.”
This irked Abbasi, who has been very vocal against the proposed tax. “You should tell the house from where you have just come,” she said while referring to Faruqui’s appearance.
This created a pandemonium in the house as many members from the treasury and the opposition stood up to argue the matter.
A tax has been proposed on parlours earning more than Rs3.6 million a year.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 25th, 2013.
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