ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan People\u2019s Party lawmaker during the budget debate in National Assembly on Saturday demanded withdrawal of the clause allowing arrest of traders by the FBR.
\n\u201cWe told the previous PTI government that the NAB and the economy could not go side by side,\u201d PPP lawmaker Naveed Qamar said on the floor of the lower house. \u201cThey understand it after three years\u201d.
\n\u201cThis government has delegated the NAB\u2019s powers to the FBR. When a businessman knows that the FBR will arrest and degrade him, why he will invest,\u201d PPP member questioned.
\n\u201cWe want to inform the government, we will not accept the clause about handing over arrest powers to the FBR,\u201d Naveed Qamar said.
\nHe said, agriculture is our backbone, the world is working over the food security, but we are pushing it away. \u201cWe have the pretext of IMF for everything\u201d.
\nHe said the farmer only demanding the price of his crop. \u201cA mafia is ready to get commission over every import. The farmer being destroyed in the name of the IMF\u201d, he said.
\n\u201cWe talk much about the climate change but preventing clean energy in Pakistan,\u201d PPP member said. \u201cPeople installing solar panels on their own but 18 percent tax has been proposed over it,\u201d Naveed Qamar said.
\nHe urged for keeping the public interest ahead while presenting budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan People\u2019s Party lawmaker during the budget debate in National Assembly on Saturday demanded withdrawal of the clause allowing arrest of traders by the FBR. \u201cWe told the previous PTI government that the NAB and the economy could not go side by side,\u201d PPP lawmaker Naveed Qamar said on the floor of the lower […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-484223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n