Khurshid Wahab
Mardan: City Mayor Hamayatullah Mayar has said that the provincial government has a new tax imposed on the agricultural and tobacco sector with the landlords and the farmer’s enemy policy, which should be withdrawn immediately. Conducting a press conference with representatives of alliance farmersWere APCA’s Central Secretary General Aurangzeb Kashmir was also present on the occasion. He said that the landowners are already suffering from severe financial difficulties and they are unable to pay this additional tax. With the implementation of the Act 2025, the tax increase on farmers from 6 % to 45 % will pushing agriculture into further crisis. Township will start selling for projects from which agricultural productionAddressing the press conference, Liaquat Khan, a spokesman for the Association of Farmers, said that other provinces, especially Punjab, are providing free loans and modern agricultural facilities to the farmers, but unfortunately the government’s focus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Not focused on this. He said that several mills have been closed in Mardan, Charsadda and other areas, which is having serious negative effects on the local economy. The new tax is being imposed under pressure from the IMF, which will prove to be destructive to the country’s economy and agriculture. He pointed out that there is no concept of agricultural tax in neighboring countries, while its implementation is being snatched away from farmers. He warned that if the Farmers Act 2025 was not withdrawn, there would be protests across the province in the first phase and Later, the voice of the Provincial Assembly was surroundedWill raise high.
