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HYDERABAD, March 23: The president, Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yousuf Suleman, and the chairman, Standing Committee for Sales Tax, Haji M. Yaqoob, expressed grave concern over the levy of 15 per cent GST on imported as well as locally-manufactured medicines.
They said that the cost of production of medicines in Pakistan was already extremely high and any further increase would have a negative affect on the local pharmaceutical industry.
In a joint statement issued on Saturday, they said that the poor people would not be able to purchase life-saving drugs.
They reminded the government that the health sector was already ignored.
They said that the reduction of import duty on the raw material of medicines from ten per cent to five per cent could not neutralize the negative affect of GST.
They pointed out that the procedure for the payment of GST was also complicated and it would not be possible to maintain a record of thousands of registered medicines.
They appealed to the government to give a second thought about the levy of GST.
WATER: The superintendent engineer, Rohri canal circle, Hyderabad, announced that due to an acute shortage of water in the River Indus, Rohri canal was getting only 2,500 cusecs of water in its five irrigation divisions.
He said that during the current week upto March 28 water for drinking would be supplied.
He said that as soon as the situation improved revised rotation plan would be announced.
SPSC: The Sindh Public Service Commission announced the results of pre-interview written test conducted by it for recruitment to the posts of assistant sub-inspector police for Larkana range in the police department.
According to the results, 1,035 male and seven female candidates have qualified for the written test.
The date for the interviews will be announced later.
SLA: The secretary, Sindhi Language Authority (SLA), Taj Joyo announced on Saturday that the ministry of Culture and Tourism, Sindh, and the SLA would hold the Shah Latif Adabi Conference on the second day of the 258th Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai on Sur Surath.
Writers and scholars have been requested to send their papers to the secretary of the SLA by April 10. Mr Joyo said that the SLA should be contacted so that they could be provided topics on Sur Surath.
BISE: The chairman, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Hyderabad, notified that the position holders of Class VIII of 2000 and 2001 have been given scholarships by President Pervez Musharraf under the relevant scheme.
He announced the names of 13 students who have been awarded scholarships.
