Traders Demand Ban on Poultry Export to Reduce Prices

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ISLAMABAD, July 9 (Online Int’l): Leader of the business community and former President ICCI Shahid Rasheed Butt on Wednesday said that mafia gangs have become a threat to the system and the masses which must be controlled. The government should stop taking notice of every move of the mafia and take stern action to stop them from fleecing the masses, he said.

Shahid Rasheed Butt said that poultry products have become more expensive in the summer as compared to the last winter; therefore its exports should be banned and smuggling should be stopped to stabilize prices in the market. He noted that poultry lords have manipulated the market to bankrupt small poultry farmers and started looting the masses.

Eggs which were available at Rs80 and Rs90 per dozen in the last winter are now being sold for Rs130 to 150 per dozen while chicken is being sold at Rs230 to Rs260 which was almost Rs110 a few months back.

He said that inaction against wheat, sugar, pharma, IPP, LPG, petroleum and other mafia groups have emboldened the poultry mafia that has added to the problems of the masses facing high inflation. Other mafias are also initiated their activities as they are sure that they will evade any meaningful administrative and legal action which is evident from the shortage of wheat, flour and tomatoes in different cities.

The business leader said that some FBR officials have started harassing people who declared their hidden assets in the tax amnesty scheme announced in 2018 which is a violation of Voluntary Declaration of Domestic Assets Act of 2018. The government should step in immediately and restore order before further erosion of its credibility takes place, he demanded. He said that the move may not improve tax collection but it will widen the gulf between taxpayers and tax collectors resulting in the failure of tax targets for the ongoing fiscal year.

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