Gilgit: Prime Minister failed to reach consensus on Tuesday, November 22 suggestion Resolve the complaint or Gilgit – Baltistan Traderthe matter was postponed to another meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
The committee consists of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to address concerns about taxation and removal of goods imported through Khunjerab Pass, under the chairmanship of Federal Energy Minister Awais Leghari, Islamabad in Islamabad. This is the fourth meeting of the corpse.
Federal Ministers Rana Sanaullah and Amir Muqam, Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan, Senator Salem Mandviwalla, GB Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan, GB Parliament Member Amjad Hussain advocate and representatives from NLC, FBR, MI, MI, MI, MI, MI, FIA.
Duty-free area
Sources said GB Chief Minister and Amjad Hussain advocates urged to declare Gilgit-Baltistan a duty-free zone and allow residents to import unlimited items from China for local consumption. Mr Khan argued that as GB is a non-tariff area, the collection of federal taxes is unreasonable.
As traders sit-in on SOST continues for the 50th day, the border remains blocked
However, Senator Mandviwalla opposes the proposal to unlimited imports, and also raises objections to the mechanism to exempt GB residents’ income tax and other federal taxes.
Mr. Hussein told dawn GB’s committee members also urgently cleared the consigned goods Higher dry port This has resulted in billions of dollars in losses for traders over the past 10 months.
The meeting ended due to the import and exemption mechanism. Sources said the committee will be rescheduled in Islamabad on Wednesday (today) in an attempt to bridge the gap and make a unified proposal to the prime minister.
Previously, after consulting with protest traders, the GB cabinet proposed that the GB government’s prior permission was for imports for local consumption. It also calls for a reassessment of rotible commodities sticking to SOST to allow depreciation mitigation under the Prime Minister’s amnesty plan.
The Cabinet also recommends exempting local merchants from all federal taxes on goods sold on GB markets, including income tax, sales tax, federal excise tax and regulatory tax, but all tariffs and taxes imposed on consignment.
Meanwhile, opposition members of the GB parliament went on strike on Monday after Monday’s resolution on traders’ issues did not put forward the agenda. The resolution calls for the declaration of GB as a duty-free zone. Spokesman Nazi Ahmed said the legal person was not with him and he was expected to protest during the strike.
Day 50 of meditation
On SOST Trader’s sit-in Monday entered its 50th day, blocking the Karacomb Expressway and suspending cross-border trade with China. Immigration offices, border entrances and exit points are also kept closed.
The lockdown has been rolled up in front of hundreds of people including Chinese nationals, foreign tourists and Pakistani students. Although immigrants were famously opened on Thursday, they were closed again the next day.
Posted at Dawn on September 17, 2025
