Decision to abolish tax on tobacco welcomed.

PESHAWAR -- The representatives of growers associations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have welcomed the government's decision to abolish advance tax of Rs5 per kilogramme on tobacco crop.

In this regard, a meeting was held here the other day by representatives of tobacco growers, which was attended by members of Kisan Board Pakistan, Sarhad Agricultural and Rural Development Organisation, Pakistan Tobacco Growers Association, Anjuman Tahaffuz Huqooq Kashtkaran, Kashtkar Coordination Council, Mehnat Kash Labour Federation and Dealers Association.

They thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser for their efforts to abolish the advance tax on tobacco.

The participants said that tobacco crop was being cultivated in Swabi, Mardan, Charsadda, Malakand, Buner and Mansehra and thousands of growers earned their livelihood from this crop.

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