LAHORE: Punjab Governor Malik Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana has assured the traders that the government will resolve the issue of 0.6 percent withholding tax on banking transactions and a committee has already been constituted to redress the grievances of the traders and formulate acceptable accord.
He was talking to the delegation of the traders comprising of Sheikh Muhammad Aslam Bhalli Patron-in-Chief Supreme Anjuman Anjran, President Anjuman-e-Tajiran Javaid, Secretary Abbas Haidar Sheikh, Muhammad Amin Butt, Chaudhary Khalid Jatt, Shehbaz Gull Butt, Members Punjab Assembly Sheikh Ejaz Ahmad Vice Chairman WASA, Mian Irfan Mannan at Circuit House here on Wednesday.
The governor said that the government is fully aware the traders’ reservations about the 0.6 percent withholding tax, adding that the Prime Minister has already constituted a high-power committee in which representatives of the traders are also part of the committee.
The governor said that the committee will surely give due consideration to the trading community about the withholding tax and the issue will be solved amicably.