FPCCI calls for equal tax on LNG
July 14, 2021
LAHORE: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Senior Vice President Khawaja Shahzeb Akram on Tuesday called for equal taxation for imported and locally-produced liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to provide local industry a level playing field.
“The FPCCI is not against the import of LPG. Still, it is against disparities in taxation,” he said while talking to the Pakistan LPG Marketers Association (PLPGMA) delegation at the FPCCI Regional Office Lahore.
LPG imports should continue until local producers meet the demand in full. Local industry was under tremendous pressure against imported LPG the latter had lower taxation and no regulatory duty. Therefore, the LPG sector needed immediate intervention and assistance from the government, he added.
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Pharma sector seeks exemption
May 4, 2021
LAHORE: The pharmaceutical industry and distributors should be exempted from 50 percent staff condition and extended Eid holidays so that the supply chain can be maintained.
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Senior Vice President Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, who is also the representative of the pharmaceutical industry in the federation, raised the demand on Monday.
The condition of 50 percent staff and Eid holidays should not apply to the pharmaceutical industries and distributors.
The pharmaceutical industry and distributors were exempted from the 50 percent staffing requirement even during the last coronavirus lockdown in the country, and this time too, to sustain the supply chain, the pharmaceutical industry and distributors need to be exempted from the 50 percent staff condition and Eid holidays.