Gul Hamad Farooqi Chitral
Members of Civil Society and Transport Union organized a protest rally against the Govt decision regarding crackdown for tax implementation on non -custom paid (NCP) vehicles. The rally was led by Pir Mukhtar Nabi, chairman of Tehreek Tahaffuzi Huqooqi Chitral, and former President of the Transport Union, Mohammad Saber, President driver union Ghulam Mursalin, Fazal Nasir and other leaders.
The rally started from Krop Rasht Bazaar and passed from Attalaq Bazaar to Jaghur and backed on Danin road, later on gathered in square on By Pass Road Kruprasht Bazar. Civil society members also protested against the government’s brutal decision of imposing Tax on NCP vehicles. These members properly recorded their protest against the government’s decision of implementation of tax and registration fees. Addressing the rally, Pir Mukhtar Nabi, chairman of the TTH Chitral, said that Chitral is a backward district as well as a disaster area. He said that the people here are mostly poor and unemployed and they are earning their livelihood for their children on NCP vehicles, on which the government want to charge its registration fee. He said that under the agreement, Chitral is a tax -free zone for a hundred years, which was an independent state.