GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Saturday passed a legislation to set up a revenue authority, a move which has been hailed as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘first step towards economic self-reliance’.

The bill titled “Gilgit-Baltistan Revenue Authority Bill 2022” was easily passed with a majority, with four opposition members also voting in favour of the bill.

The bill was tabled in the assembly by GB Finance Minister Javed Ali Manwa in a session chaired by Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate.

During the voting, members of the ruling coalition parties, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Islami Tehreek Pakistan and Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen Pakistan voted in favour of the bill.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2022