MIRPURKHAS: An ‘All-Pakistan Tajir Conve-ntion’ held in Tando Allahyar on Friday announced that traders would force the government through a series of protest demonstrations and sit-ins to take back all ‘illegal’ taxes imposed on trade and business.

The Central Organisation of Traders of Pakistan president Kashif Chaudhry said at the convention organised by Anjuman Tajiran-i-Tando Allahyar that the illegal taxes had resulted in multiplying problems and impediments for trade. He said that the conditions had come to such a pass that traders were forced to launch a massive protest campaign against government excesses.

He said that representatives of traders from all the provinces and Azad Kashmir were in attendance at the gathering, which was aimed at uniting traders of the country at one platform so that they could launch an effective and result-oriented protest campaign.

He said that several unnecessary taxes imposed on traders had exacerbated conditions for them and many of them had stopped their businesses due to injustice. “We’ll force the government to end all illegal taxes through the massive protest campaign,” he said.Rsheed Jafri and other leaders also spoke.

Published in Dawn, December 7th, 2024