Regularization of petroleum business stressed to protect 0.7mln peoples livelihood.

QUETTA -- Balochistan National Party's member Balochistan Assembly Sana Ullah Balcoh on Wednesday stressed for evolving a comprehensive mechanism to regularize the business of petroleum products and discourage smuggling being done through neighbouring Iran.

Talking to reporter he said a workable strategy was required to stop smuggling of petrol and bring the business under lawful channels as around 700,000 people were attached with the business.

The Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader suggested to impose a reasonably justified tax on petrol to discourage its illegal transportation and to protect livelihoods of over one million families associated withe the business of petrol and its products.

Baloch said only 30,000 people were directly engaged in the smuggling activity while the rest were interlinked with the business, feeding hundreds of thousands of underprivileged families.

Sana Ullah Baloch alleged that the provincial government seemed to have forgotten its promise of providing employment to the youth as no policy had so far been framed for the human resource sector.

Lack of job opportunities was creating anxiety among the youth which might push them towards...

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