KP CM asked to declare Lakki Marwat calamity-hit

LAKKI MARWAT: Former federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Salim Saifullah Khan asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Pervez Khattak to withdraw Rs7 millions agriculture and land tax on the underdeveloped district.
Speaking to a delegation of local elders at his residence on Wednesday, he said that like other parts of the province Lakki Marwat district had also suffered in floods and other disasters and should be declared calamity-hit area.
Expressing his concerns, he said that imposition of Rs7 million agriculture and land tax on the poor farmers and peasants of the area should be withdrawn. He said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department should refund the sum of Rs8.8 million which were waved off recently.
He made it clear that no one would be allowed to usurp the rights of the district and would play their role in the development of the area. He asked the provincial government to declare the district as calamity-hit area, wave off taxes including Rs7 million and refund Rs8.8 million waved off.