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Hafiz Naeem demands abolition of Petroleum Development Levy
Key takeaways
- “People talking about budget, the budget is being announced daily in Pakistan with announcement of petroleum prices on every week,” talking to media the JI leader said today.
- “In the name of the PDL a tax is being collected, which is not even a tax. “It is an annual 1300 billion rupees ‘corruption’ which is not being collected by the FBR”, he said.
- He said 8,066 billion rupees have been recovered from the people since this levy comes into force. “This levy is being collected since 2001, and all governments have been involved in its recovery”.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman on Saturday said that despite announcing petroleum prices on every Friday, the government has imposed the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL).
“People talking about budget, the budget is being announced daily in Pakistan with announcement of petroleum prices on every week,” talking to media the JI leader said today.
“In the name of the PDL a tax is being collected, which is not even a tax. “It is an annual 1300 billion rupees ‘corruption’ which is not being collected by the FBR”, he said. “The PDL means boosting the capacity of the refineries,” he said.
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