KARACHI: A review meeting of National Finance Commission (NFC) working group-II held under the chairmanship of Non-statutory NFC member of Sindh Senator Saleem Mandviwalla to discuss and finalise the demands for the next NFC award in Karachi. “The federal government has announced to call the NFC meeting in November, we have not received its invitation yet, and we were waiting for the meeting and our demands were ready,” Senator Saleem Mandviwalla said. It is pertinent to mention that in earlier meeting Senator Saleem Mandviwalla criticised the federal government on delaying the new NFC award and decided to write a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to convene the meeting of NFC award at earliest. Senator Saleem Mandviwalla explained that the Sindh government would present its case in the NFC meeting and Sindh would demand to restore the federal excise duty on crude oil which was withdrawn by the federal government after the 18th amendment. “It is a provincial subject and its collection should be handed over to the provinces. The federal government is already collecting the excise duty on the gas well head price,” he added. Senator Mandviwalla said the Sindh would demand the collection of sales tax on goods and royalty on oil and gas should also be handed over to the provinces. The meeting decided that the demands of Sindh would be sent to the federal government before the NFC Award meeting and a preparatory meeting would also be held with KPK in Peshawar in next week. The review meeting was attended by the officials of Sindh Finance department.