GILGIT: The government has constituted a working group to examine the recommendations of a parliamentary committee of the region’s Legislative Assembly to help address the taxation issue in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Barjees Tahir constituted a seven-member working group of GB Council headed by MNA Malik Ibrar Ahmed.
The body has also been tasked with preparing further recommendations for discussion in the upcoming session of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council in order to resolve the taxation issue that has triggered widespread protests in Gilgit-Baltistan.
According a notification issued by the GB Council in Islamabad, the working group includes local members of GB Council — Saeed Afzal and Ashraf Sada — joint secretary Gilgit-Baltistan secretariat Dr Aftab Akbar Durani, Commissioner IRGB Qaiser Iqbal and a representative of FBR.
It is to mention here that after widespread protests in the region, a parliamentary committee of GB Legislative Assembly was formed on Wednesday, which held talks with the representatives of Anjuman-i-Tajran and Awami Action Committee, and prepared recommendations to the federal government to resolve the matter of taxes.
