ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has imposed additional taxes on the ailing CNG sector in the budget 2014-15 that will increase the cost of fuel and discourage investors.
KP government has slapped tax up to Rs15,000 on owners of CNG filling stations and petrol pumps while another tax of Rs5,000 per year have been imposed for using generators during the electricity loadshedding which is discrimination, said APCNGA Central Chairman Pervaiz Khan Khattak. He said this while speaking to hurriedly called meeting of the executive body of the association. Provincial Vice Chairman Fayaz Ahmed Khan, Provincial Chairman Minhajuddin, Khaliqueur Rehman and others were also present on the occasion.
Khattak said that the KP government had discouraged the business community of the terror-affected province which is providing jobs in most difficult circumstances as no other province has slapped any new tax on the limping CNG sector.
