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Sobi/Bandh Bhai: Farmers’ associations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday threatened if the agriculture tax was immediately. If not withdrawn, the provincial assembly will be besieged.
Leaders of Attihid Kishtak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Kisan Board Pakistan announced a decisive protest against the proposed agricultural Income Tax Bill 2025, which was recently approved in the Assembly of the province. It was
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Arif Ali Khan, Chairman Attaad Akshartkran, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and a member of the Pashtun National Geraga Liakat Yusufzai in China, which was attended by representatives of landowners and farmers.
Participants rejected the Agricultural Income Tax Bill 2025 through a unanimous resolution and called on the provincial government to immediately withdraw the repressive tax.
It was announced that the protest against the tax will start from Margaz, Sobs at 2 pm on February 4, followed by rallies to mobilize farmers in Mardan, Noshira, Charsadda, southern districts, Malakand and Hazara Division. Will start.
The leaders of the farmers also said that meetings with the Provincial Assembly members would also inform them of their problems and persuade them not to support the bill.
He said that if they did not meet their demands, they would go outside the provincial assembly for a strong protest movement and a sit -in.
The meeting also demanded the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to refuse to sign the bill.
Addressing the gathering, speakers including Bolat Yousafzai, Shiv’s Iqbal Khan, Fazal Rabi Khan, Ahmed Jan Kaka, Asfandyar Khan and others said that the whole country is being run under the direction of the IMF.
He criticized the rulers for imposing too much tax on petrol, diesel, gas, electricity and other essential commodities to maintain the luxuries of the ruling elite, making the rulers unbearable.
He expressed his commitment that if the demands were not met, the resistance was left to them.
“Taxing tax on agricultural income is equivalent to eliminating agriculture. If the government does not withdraw its decision, all farmers in the province will besiege the provincial assembly during the protest.
At Takht Bhai, Vice President of the Farmers Board Pakistan, Rizwanullah Khan, addressed a farmers’ jirga and said that the government’s decision to impose tax on agricultural income is a malicious attempt to destroy the already struggling agricultural sector. Is
“Due to agricultural inputs, fake pesticides and increasing costs of numerous taxes, agriculture has already become a loss sector. He said that many farmers are leaving farming for labor works and the country and the country. Migrating to cities abroad.
He added that countries around the world have provided billions of dollars of subsidy to their agricultural sectors and they have been exempted from all taxes from agricultural income.
He said that these countries have supported agriculture to ensure food security, but Pakistan was the only country that ignored this important issue. Farmers explained, “Despite being an agriculturally rich country, Pakistan is forced to import billions of dollars worth of wheat due to its poor policies, which has put a lot of pressure on foreign reserves.”
He vowed to resist this injustice and anti -farmers tax.
To prevent the implementation of this oppressive tax, the farmers said they would hold detailed meetings with members of the National and Provincial Assemblies, KP Governor and Chairperson of the Agricultural Standing Committees. He said that all farmers’ organizations will unite on A. Single platform and run a comprehensive campaign against this injustice.
