MULTAN: Chairman Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Haji Muhammad Akram has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to avoid freezing bank accounts of ginners for recovery of taxes.
While addressing a press conference here Thursday, Haji Akram asked the government to make payments against sales tax refund claims of ginners that were pending for long.
He said that Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) and other Discos should ensure smooth supply of electricity to ginning industry pleading that fixed charges were being received from ginners for 24 hours supply.
Haji Akram urged the ginners to pay attention to business while keeping in view the ground realities and avoid turning their ginning factories into godowns. He said that business activities have begun in Punjab with full force and ginners should continue business activities while considering the bank mark-up rates.
He also advised ginners to buy contamination-free cotton to avoid facing losses. He asked the government to exempt South Punjab ginning industry from power load shedding.
He requested Punjab Minister for Agriculture Naeem Akhtar Khan Bhabha and Secretary Agriculture Muhammad Mahmud to take effective measures for picking of clean cotton.
The PCGA chairman and other office bearers also congratulated Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on taking charge as federal minister for power.
PCGA Vice Chairman Mian Javed Tariq, former chairman Shahzad Ali Khan, and senior members Sheikh Muhammad Saeed, Khawaja Muhammad Azam, Sheikh Asim Saeed and others were also present.
