LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notice to the Ministry of Finance and Attorney General of Pakistan in a case pertaining to extra sales tax on petroleum products. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf woman leader Andleeb Abbas challenged the extra sales tax on petroleum products in the LHC on November 23.
The counsel for the petitioner, Shiraz Zaka, submitted that the federal government could not impose sales tax on petroleum products without getting approval from parliament, as per Article 77 of the Constitution. However, 17 percent sales tax is being charged on petroleum products without seeking approval from parliament, he added.
He said despite fall in prices of the petroleum products in the international market, the government fail to provide relief to the people.
In the petition appellant appeal to the Lahore High Court to order the government to stop the extra sales tax collection on the petroleum products because extra collection of sales tax is burden on general public.
After hearing arguments from the appellant side Lahore Issued Notice to the Federal Ministry of Finance and Attorney General of Pakistan and seeks reply on next date of hearing.
Earlier, same petition was filed by leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmood-ur-Rashid in the Lahore High Court.
