Infrastructure Development Cess a federal subject: DG Customs.

LAHORE -- Director General of Transit Trade Dr Sarfraz Ahmad Friday agreed with the proposal of Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) that Infrastructure Development Cess should be established at federal level as inter-provincial trade belongs to the federal government.

He was speaking at the LCCI on Friday whereas LCCI Vice President Mian Zahid Jawaid Ahmad presided over the meeting while Deputy Director, Ministry of Communication Shahbaz Latif and Convener LCCI Standing Committee on National Trade and Transport Facilitation Muhammad Anwar also spoke on the occasion.

The DG Transit Trade Customs Department Karachi said that the federal government was responsible for development of infrastructure such as motorways, highways and railways; therefore, infrastructure related taxes should be at federal level.

He mentioned that the Establishment of Directorate General of Transit Trade serves to facilitate bilateral trade between Pakistan and its neighboring land-locked countries, thus converting Pakistan into a "land bridge" between South Asia and Central Asia, adding that transit through...