KARACHI: Administrator Murtaza Wahab said that Election Commission (EC) did not consult with the administration over date of Local Government election. Talking to media after municipal tax collection hearing in Sindh High Court (SHC) he said EC has fixed LB election date of October 23 without consultation with Sindh government.

Talking on court hearing, Wahab said that court has been informed that tax has been imposed after fulfilling all legal requirements. “It is not a new tax but an old one, which is being collected with a new mechanism,” he said. “We collected 61.9 million rupees tax before court’s stay order,” he informed.

“Past municipal administrations were giving pretext of not having powers but under same powers we are working and recovering tax,” he said. “Tax Rs 3.25 billion will be deposited in a year into KMC’s account,” he said. “It is a transparent system, but some people who don’t want transparency, are against it,” he said. “Details of tax amount will be given each month on website,” he said. “Website will also give information about spending of tax money on a specific project,” he said.

“Tax money will be spent with honesty, people could ask about spending,” he said. “It was good when Naimatullah Khan had commercialised roads under law, I am promoting transparency,” he said. “I am performing every work in accordance with law,” he added. Earlier, in hearing on municipal tax, court appointed two constitutional experts and former attorney generals, Munir A. Malik and Khalid Javed Khan to assist court in case.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 11 2022

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