DERA GHAZI KHAN: Traders on Wednesday staged a protest against the sales tax registration and imposition of point of sale (POS) device by the Federal Bureau of Revenue.

On the call of Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran Chairman Khwaja Muhammad Shafiq and Supreme Council south Punjab, the Central Anjuman-i-Tajiran Dera Ghazi Khan held a strike led by District President Sheikh Muhammad Naqib, Chairman Muhammad Kashif Siddique and Haji Muhammad Zubair Nizami.

The traders staged demonstrations along Quaid-i-Azam Road, Sarafa Bazaar, Rani Bazaar and took out a rally up to Committee Golai Chowk.

Speaking on the occasion, Sheikh Naqib said if the decision of tax registration and installation of point of sale device was not withdrawn, the scope of protest would be widened and sit-ins would be staged across the country.

President Sarafa Bazaar Muhammad Safdar Khattak demanded that the government immediately withdraw the FBR ordinance.

Published in Dawn, March 10th, 2022

Opinion

The Dar story continues

The Dar story continues

One wonders what the rationale was for the foreign minister — a highly demanding, full-time job — being assigned various other political responsibilities.

Editorial

Wheat protests
Updated 01 May, 2024

Wheat protests

The government should withdraw from the wheat trade gradually, replacing the existing market support mechanism with an effective new one over the next several years.
Polio drive
01 May, 2024

Polio drive

THE year’s fourth polio drive has kicked off across Pakistan, with the aim to immunise more than 24m children ...
Workers’ struggle
Updated 01 May, 2024

Workers’ struggle

Yet the struggle to secure a living wage — and decent working conditions — for the toiling masses must continue.
All this talk
Updated 30 Apr, 2024

All this talk

The other parties are equally legitimate stakeholders in the country’s political future, and it must give them due consideration.
Monetary policy
30 Apr, 2024

Monetary policy

ALIGNING its decision with the trend in developed economies, the State Bank has acted wisely by holding its key...
Meaningless appointment
30 Apr, 2024

Meaningless appointment

THE PML-N’s policy of ‘family first’ has once again triggered criticism. The party’s latest move in this...