{"id":486642,"date":"2025-06-26T14:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=486642"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:06:03","slug":"lawmakers-urge-extension-of-tax-exemptions-for-merged-tribal-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/lawmakers-urge-extension-of-tax-exemptions-for-merged-tribal-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers urge extension of Tax exemptions for merged tribal areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday called for the extension of tax exemptions for the merged tribal districts (former FATA) and PATA, citing ongoing security concerns and the hardships faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs).<br \/>\nFederal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Engineer Amir Muqam, reminded the House that after the initial five-year tax exemption period ended, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had generously extended the relief once more. He urged the government to further continue the exemption due to worsening law and order and rising terrorism in the region.<br \/>\nFormer National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser also appealed to Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to restore the tax exemption. \u201cThe same conditions still exist today. The tribal people are suffering and their difficulties must be recognized,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAnother member, Shehryar Afridi, emphasized the ongoing border security threats and the sacrifices of the tribal communities who have long served as Pakistan\u2019s frontline defenders.<br \/>\nHe said the situation in ex-FATA remains similar to when the relief was first granted, making it essential to continue support.<br \/>\nLawmakers jointly requested the Speaker and Finance Ministry to devise a comprehensive rehabilitation plan, particularly to assist the IDPs who remain displaced and neglected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday called for the extension of tax exemptions for the merged tribal districts (former FATA) and PATA, citing ongoing security concerns and the hardships faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs). Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Engineer Amir Muqam, reminded the House that after the initial five-year tax [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-486642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lawmakers urge extension of Tax exemptions for merged tribal areas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/lawmakers-urge-extension-of-tax-exemptions-for-merged-tribal-areas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lawmakers urge extension of Tax exemptions for merged tribal areas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Thursday called for the extension of tax exemptions for the merged tribal districts (former FATA) and PATA, citing ongoing security concerns and the hardships faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs). 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