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The Islamic Almabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa farmers petitioned the federal government on Monday to remove the advance tax on tobacco, which was levied at Rs 380 per kilogram.
During a press conference held at the National Press Club in Islamabad, a demonstration in front of the Federal Board of Revenue in the capital and the blocking of motorways were threatened by the representatives of the tobacco growers if their demand was not satisfied.
Ibrar Ullah, the president of the Mehnatkash Labour Federation, told the media that the cost of tobacco is Rs 380 per kg in advance tax and Rs 256 per kg on the open market.
“Tobacco leaf sales in the market are being negatively impacted by the advance tax on the crop. More than 15,000 laborers and 20,000 farming families would lose their jobs as a result,” he continued.
President of the Kissan Board, Rizwan Ullah, also opposed the advance tax on the produce, claiming that by using such measures, the government is harming farmers’ ripe harvest rather than helping them.
In the event that the advance tax on the crop was not removed, “all tobacco farmers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province would stage a sit-in in Islamabad,” he continued.
The Kashtkar Coordination Council of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Liaqat Yousafzai referred to the advance tax on tobacco crops as “public enmity.” He claimed that although tobacco consumption rates were falling in Pakistan, they were rising globally. The tobacco crop is grown by the farmers in Swabi, Mardan, Charsadda, Boner, and Mansehra, and they have requested that the government help them by removing the advance tax on it.
