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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed authorities concerned to waive unnecessary taxes on small shopkeepers and do not put them in undue trouble.
According to a private TV channel, the Premier held consultations with chief ministers and the Pakistan Board of Investment while taking notice of the taxes that are collected in the name of inspection and unneeded certification. Khan ordered removal of taxes on 15 small businesses and directed the provincial chiefs to instruct the Local Government Commission that the regime could not allow harassing traders in the name of unnecessary certification. The Prime Minister said it was his government’s priority to provide peaceful atmosphere to small shopkeepers. Subsequently, the provincial governments decided to remove taxes on 15 small businesses and to waive off inspection clause from 74 different trades. He also directed the provincial governments to abolish the system of different licenses for business activities at local government level. Calling for the abolition of 74 different licenses, he also directed the provincial governments to simplify the procedure of required licenses and introduce an automated system by using modern technology. Khan asked the provincial governments to complete the process of abolishing unnecessary licenses within three days. During the meeting about licensing regime in the provinces, he was told that in the current system, the businessmen were required to obtain around 150 different licenses from metropolitan and municipal corporations, town committees and other institutions. Complaints of corruption, bribery and harassment of small traders were very common in the licensing system, he was told. The Prime Minister, while expressing his serious concern over the complicated licensing regime, said as the condition of licenses for small grocery, cloth and ‘Kulcha’ (bread) shops was tantamount to creating difficulties for common man, such 74 unnecessary licenses should immediately be eliminated.He directed introduction of technology-based automated system, where inspection was required, so as not only to simplify the system but also to eliminate the trends of corruption, bribery and harassment. أكثر... ??????? ??????: PM orders waiver of unnecessary taxes for small shopkeepers || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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