KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that exemption from taxes in the erstwhile Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) of the Malakand region extended by the Federal Government will continue. The previous laws will also continue to be in vogue.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting here at chief minister's secretariat on Monday. Provincial Minister for Finance, Taimur Salim Jahgra, Minister for Law Sultan Mohammad Khan, Minister for Information Shaukat Yousafzai, Minister for Revenue Shakeel Ahmad, Minister for C&W Akbar Ayub, MPAs of Malakand Division, Additional Chief Secretary Shehzad Bangash, Secretary Finance Shakeel Qadar, Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and others concerned secretaries attended the meeting.
The participants of the meeting were briefed about the proposed laws already tabled in the provincial Assembly. The participants were taken on board that the proposed legislation for erstwhile PATA tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly would not have any effect or ramifications on the already in vogue legislation for Provincially Administrated Tribal Areas (PATA).
The Chief Minister directed that legislation before tabling in the Provincial Assembly should have input of all stockholders that would avert any complication thereafter. This would also remove any apprehension and the people would know everything and would own these legislations which are for their benefit. He directed for proper brain storming and reviewing all legal aspects of any proposed legislation, enactment or amendment before and during the parliamentary party session in order to ensure proper fine tuning and taking all stakeholders on board in the finalisation of laws.