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Production tax on natural resources to be introduced in Karak




Tehsil Council Karak has decided to introduce a new tax in the name of production tax on the natural resources explored in the vicinity of Karak Tehsil. This was decided in a meeting of Tehsil Council Karak held with its convener Haji Jehanzeb Khattak in the chair and all Tehsil council members attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed the ongoing financial crises of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Karak and stressed that the liabilities against the contractors should be deposited in the TMA account immediately so that TMA could pay the salaries of its employees.

The meeting of the council regretted that the TMA was so weak financially that it could not pay monthly salaries to its employees and emphasized to ponder new sources of income for the administration. Tehsil Nazim Haji Abdul Wahab Khattak also stressed in his address to the meeting on strict financial management and claimed that austerity measures would be adopted by curtailing all other extra expenditures. He directed the Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Karak, Ijaz Saleem that strict measures should be taken to stand the administration on its own feet.

The members of council took a unanimous decision to introduce a new tax that would be called production tax which would be implemented on the natural resources explored in the limitations of the TMA Karak. Mr. Khattak also directed the TMO to issue notices to all those contractors against whom the TMA Karak have liabilities of more than Rs 10 million to make sure the payment of salaries to the employees and set 24 hours deadline for the payment of liabilities otherwise their contracts would be cancelled and they would be declared defaulters.

The Tehsil Council formed a 4 members committee to oversee the situation to improve the financial status of the TMA Karak and to make sure the collection of liabilities from the contractors. The meeting also decided to search for other new resources as well to enhance the permanent income of TMA, to make sure the provision of municipal services to the residents in smooth way.
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