ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran (APAT) has decided to start a
protest march towards
Islamabad as
Talks with Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have failed.The process has also been initiated to send notices to tens of thousands of
Traders for Sales Tax registration. Ajmal Baloch, president of the APAT, said while talking to this correspondent that
Traders from the whole country are worried as trade activities have come to a standstill. He said legal imports are being halted, while the same goods are visible in Pakistani markets which are brought through smuggling. He said all the
Traders of the country will hold strike on October 9.The APAT central General Secretary Naeem Mir said that
Traders Talks with the FBR on the issues of CNIC condition sales tax registration and fixed tax scheme could not be fruitful and the
Traders body has called their representatives from all provinces of the country to reach
Islamabad on October 9 to finalise strategy regarding another shutdown for redressal of their demands.He said the deadlock persisted and no new date for next round of
Talks was decided during the last meeting.Naeem Mir said that trade body’s representatives from every district and tehsil will come to
Islamabad to make a historic gathering against the government illegitimate taxation measures. He said that
Traders of AJK will
march towards
Islamabad led by Shaukat Mir while
Traders delegations from Gilgit Baltistan will reach the capital led by Masudur Rehman.He said that Malik Shahid Ghafoor, Rauf Mughal, Aslam Bhalli, Javed Butt and Mumtaz Babar will lead the trade delegations from various districts and Tehsils of Punjab. The participants of
Traders protest will move to
Islamabad from districts and Goths of Sindh in the leadership of Qayyum Qureshi, Amin Memon, Haroon Memon, Rahmatullah, Haji Majeed and Javed Qureshi.
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