Senior MQM leader Sardar Ahmed said that the bill was not a bill in the first place, rather a draft. Moreover time should have been given for consideration and amendments, “They just wanted an outright approval of the finance bill which we strongly opposed.”
According to Ahmed, the MQM has stressed on a tax-free budget in all their speeches yet there were to no avail.
“The chief minister had earlier said in his speech that taxation would not increase, however it has all changed. Property tax itself has been increased from 20% to 25%,” Ahmed said.
“People are already paying enough taxes,” he added.
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