Sugar crisis to be resolved in 3 days: Sattar
Farooq Sattar stressed on the need to introduce an agriculture tax in the country.
ISLAMABAD:
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar said on Thursday that all efforts will be made to bring the sugar crisis to an end within the next three days.
He said the MQM is very concerned over the rising inflation in the country adding that Federal Minister for Petroleum Syed Naveed Qamar and Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh had assured the MQM that the government will overcome the sugar crisis in next three days.
He stated that people have the right to know whether prices are increasing due to artificial inflation or due to the inefficiency of government officials.
The MQM leader also stressed on the need to introduce an agriculture tax in the country. He contended that the flood surcharge is being imposed on the people who are already under heavy burden of taxes.
MQM opposes flood tax
Earlier in the day the MQM had walked out from the Sindh Assembly session after the federation's insistence on imposing a flood-tax.
While debating on the issue, MQM's Parliamentary leader Syed Sardar Ahmad had said that inflation was already beyond control and his party would not let any other tax be imposed on the people.
However, Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro had said that the flood tax would be imposed at every cost.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar said on Thursday that all efforts will be made to bring the sugar crisis to an end within the next three days.
He said the MQM is very concerned over the rising inflation in the country adding that Federal Minister for Petroleum Syed Naveed Qamar and Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh had assured the MQM that the government will overcome the sugar crisis in next three days.
He stated that people have the right to know whether prices are increasing due to artificial inflation or due to the inefficiency of government officials.
The MQM leader also stressed on the need to introduce an agriculture tax in the country. He contended that the flood surcharge is being imposed on the people who are already under heavy burden of taxes.
MQM opposes flood tax
Earlier in the day the MQM had walked out from the Sindh Assembly session after the federation's insistence on imposing a flood-tax.
While debating on the issue, MQM's Parliamentary leader Syed Sardar Ahmad had said that inflation was already beyond control and his party would not let any other tax be imposed on the people.
However, Sindh Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro had said that the flood tax would be imposed at every cost.