Sindh Assembly: MQM opposes finance bill
According to Ahmed, the MQM has stressed on a tax-free budget in all their speeches yet there were to no avail.
File photo of MQM’s Faisal Subzwari. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Representatives of the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) opposed the finance bill presented in the Sindh Assembly, reported Express News on Saturday. Faisal Subzwari spoke to the media after the assembly session and stressed that their slogan was, “no representation without taxation”.
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.
Representatives of the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) opposed the finance bill presented in the Sindh Assembly, reported Express News on Saturday. Faisal Subzwari spoke to the media after the assembly session and stressed that their slogan was, “no representation without taxation”.
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.