ISLAMABAD: Talks between the All Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association and the government on the issue of taxes failed once again and the deadlock continues, the association has announced to shut down pumps across the country except Islamabad.
According to the details, the meeting held on the demands of the Petroleum Dealers Association on the issue of strike on behalf of All Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association ended in which the deadlock between the government and the Petroleum Dealers Association on the issue of taxes remains.
After the meeting, the representatives of the association announced that the petrol pumps will be closed across the country from Friday, saying that there will be no strike in Islamabad due to the death of the Vice President of Punjab, and besides, all the pumps across the country will be closed in any case. Will stay.
He said that the strike call has been withdrawn due to the death of an association official in Islamabad.
As soon as 12 o’clock in the night, on the call of the association, the owners in other areas of the country, including Karachi, stopped the supply of petroleum products due to which the citizens are facing difficulties.
Meanwhile, a faction of the association in Lahore also opposed the strike and said that no solution can be found through such measures, rather the path of negotiations will be taken.
Meanwhile, Petroleum Division and OGRA have said in their joint statement that petroleum products will remain available across the country, all oil marketing companies should ensure ample supply of petroleum products at petrol pumps and keep petrol pumps open.
OGRA Spokesperson Imran Ghaznavi said that there is an abundant amount of petroleum products in the country.
It should be noted that on the call of Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association, 13,000 petrol pumps across the country were announced to be closed from July 5 as a protest against the advance turnover tax.
The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association said that the strike is being conducted against the implementation of zero-indexed 5 percent advance turnover tax, for which negotiations between the government and petroleum dealers failed on Wednesday.
