Agricultural income tax raise restored: Punjab Assembly speaker ‘eats his own words’ within 24 hours

LAHORE: In a significant turnaround, the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday restored the agricultural income tax raise notifications that it had suspended a day earlier through a ruling of the speaker, after the House unanimously overlooked delays in their prior presentation. The session, chaired by Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan, began with a delay of two hours. At the outset, the House reinstated the tax notifications and approved a motion by Law Minister Rana Iqbal to condone the delay in layin...

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