"Kiya hum itne kamzor hain ke cigarette banane walo se tax wasool nahi karsakte," Shahid Khaqan
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00:00Billions of rupees, hundreds of billions of cigarettes are being made in front of you.
00:11There is open robbery. Everyone knows.
00:16Doesn't the FBI know how many cigarettes are used in the country?
00:21Doesn't they know how many cigarettes they collect tax on?
00:26Are we so weak that we can't even collect tax from the people who make cigarettes?
00:33And we take loans of 20-22% interest and put more burden on the people?
00:40The country whose interest in six years will reach 15,000 to 10,000 Arabs,
00:50Today, the biggest expenditure of Pakistan is 30,000 Arabs.
00:55All governments will spend together.
00:58Out of this, 10,000 Arabs are one-third interest.
01:02So how will the country run?
01:04In the past, there used to be some space.
01:07We used to make wrong decisions. We used to distribute money.
01:10In MNE, MPA, this work used to be done.
01:14It wasn't good, but it used to be done.
01:17But today, you don't have space.
01:20Today, there is no physical space for you to bear this kind of luxuries.
01:27Today, you need to reduce your expenses.
01:35Let's talk about inflation.
01:39The retailers who are registered,
01:44The goods they buy will be sold.
01:49Half of that will be taxed.
01:54Those who are not registered,
01:58Out of 300,000, I think only 100,000 are registered.
02:03That is 2.5%.
02:05The seller who gives them the goods, he will put it in place.
02:11This is not a choice.
02:13You have to pay this amount.
02:16This 2.5% will also come from the pockets of the people of Pakistan.
02:21But we will not touch the LPG diesel smuggling.
02:27We will not touch the cigarettes sold here by hundreds of Arabs.
02:34You...
02:42One more strange thing.
02:47When FATA was approved in 2018,
02:54The industries there were given a 5-year tax break.
03:00So that they can make their own arrangements.
03:05These factories without sales tax
03:10And without duty
03:15These goods are made in FATA and sold throughout Pakistan.
03:24They were given 5 years.
03:27This is a very big problem in Pakistan.
03:30If you are making goods at a low price,
03:35Then other industries cannot compete.
03:38And this is a very big amount.
03:41Maybe more than 50-60 billion,
03:44You are given a tax break.
03:49These industries do not benefit the people of FATA.
03:54These industries do not benefit the people of FATA.
04:00These are vested interests.
04:03There are powerful people there.
04:06Some of them have come from abroad and set up an industry.
04:09They have blackmailed the government today
04:12And got this exemption again.
04:17My request is that if your sympathy is with the people of FATA,
04:22Then impose the same tax on these industries.
04:25Because FATA is a part of Pakistan.
04:28Taxes in other parts of Pakistan.
04:31But the money you get from that tax should be spent on the people of FATA.
04:36The rest of the promises you made in 2018,
04:40The promise of 100 billion a year should now be 200 billion.
04:44Because inflation has increased so much.
04:46You did not give them that amount.
04:49So this impression that we are doing something for the people of FATA,
04:53This is a completely wrong impression.
04:55You have created an anomaly.
04:59This is affected by the business system of the whole of Pakistan.
05:04But you told us that you are sincere for the people of FATA,
05:08So collect tax from these companies and spend it on the people of FATA.
05:11Give them an account that we have taken the factories in your area,
05:15This is being spent on you.
05:17Roads will be built, schools will be built, hospitals will be built.
05:20Bring FATA equal to other areas of Pakistan.