Peshawar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Labour, Excise and Narcotics Control Haji Manzoor Khan Afridi called on Punjab Caretaker Minister for Excise, Taxation, Communications and Works departments Bilal Afzal during his short visit to Lahore.
In the meeting held at the Directorate General of Provincial Infrastructure Development Authority at Lahore, various matters of mutual interest were discussed between the two ministers. It was also agreed to remove the doubling in collections of registration and token taxes of vehicles between the provinces besides other other difficulties and complications.
The Punjab Excise Minister assured to arrange a meeting at the level of secretaries to keep the provincial governments and departments more abreast with the collection of token tax from the vehicles of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Lahore and other cities of Punjab as well as to clarify each other’s position and to solve the problems for good. He assured that progress will be made soon in this regard.
Haji Manzoor Afridi further said that in view of the spreading menace of ice addiction among the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he has started Jihad against this social scourge and in this regard, anti-narcotics campaigns are being launched especially in the educational institutions of the province on emergency basis.
Haji Manzoor Afridi expressed his satisfaction on this and clarified that it will promote good will feelings at the level of the governments and the people on both sides. He also mentioned the problems faced by the law enforcement agencies and special squads of the KP provincial government in Punjab in going through the stages of investigation and prosecution upon which the provincial minister of Punjab assured that this matter will also be taken up at the appropriate level.
A plan has been chalked out for this purpose, he added.
Bilal Afzal hailed this initiative of Haji Manzoor Afridi and assured proper cooperation from the Punjab government side and agreed with his argument that the use of ice in our young generation has become a bigger threat than atomic bomb due to its fatal implications. He said his provincial government is fully aware of its sensitivity too.
Haji Manzoor Afridi thanked Bilal Afzal and the Punjab government for showing this goodwill.
