KARACHI, Aug 15: The Karachi Poultry Farms Control and Regulations By-laws, 2007, are being formulated and will most likely be presented in the City Council soon, in which a new tax will be introduced on poultry farms ranging from Rs5,000 to 15,000 per annum.

According to a draft of the by-laws, the existing poultry farms in the jurisdiction of the Karachi city government will have to obtain a licence from the CDGK and each new farm will have to get a licence within 30 days from the enforcement of these by-laws.

Three categories of poultry farms have been defined: ‘A category’ represents farms having up to 100,000 birds and will have to pay Rs15,000 per year; ‘B category’ housing up to 50,000 birds will have to pay Rs10,000 and ‘C category,’ housing up to 10,000 birds, will have to pay Rs5,000.—PPI