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ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over the government’s decision to increase nearly 40 per cent tax on mobile phone calls exceeding five minutes, opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Sunday called it another U-turn by rulers and asked Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin to reverse the decision.
In a statement, PPP secretary general Nayyar Bokhari said this decision of the government to increase tax on the mobile phone calls had caused unrest among the poor and labour class in the country.
Mr Bokhari regretted that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had initially announced imposition of the tax, but the decision had been withdrawn the next day. Now, he said, taking yet another U-turn, the government had once again decided to increase the tax on mobile phone consumers.
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An ECP official, when contacted, said under the rules, the returning officer for a constituency was the custodian of election materials. DawnNewsTV
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday continued their war of words over the outcome of recently-held by-election on a National Assembly seat (NA-249) in Karachi as the latter submitted an application to the chief election commissioner (CEC) asking him to place election material, including ballot papers, under the supervision of the Army or Rangers.
The application was submitted by Miftah Ismail, the PML-N candidate in the constituency, after the PPP “welcomed” the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to stay announcement of official results for a recount, and asked the PML-N not to accuse the party of winning the seat with the support of the “establishment”.