SCA rejects change of 'Sin-Tax' name

Senior Vice President of Sarhad Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) Fazal-e-Elahi has rejected Health Ministry's decision of merely changing the name of 'Sin Tax' to 'Health Tax', has declared that the tax-authorities are playing a cruel joke with the farmers.
In a statement issued here on Monday, Fazal-e-Elahi said, "It is not fair that the tobacco growers and smokers are being made responsible for paying for the health-insurance of 220 million citizens of Pakistan in the name of Health-Tax. Providing health-facilities to the people is the government's responsibility, so the regulators cannot put it on the shoulders of tobacco growers and smokers". "Can the smokers and farmers be held responsible, even if someone is suffering from dengue, diabetes or other any disease," he asked.