Daily Times

Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Information, Law and Anti-Corruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Thursday said that incompetent “selected” government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had also made hospitals and health sector a means of earning.

This adviser said in a statement that the PTI led government should avoid to cruel decisions regarding imposing tax on hospitals and health sector. He said that the Sindh Government has invested billions of rupees in improvement of health sector and hospitals of Sindh.

Wahab further said that Sindh Government has been providing state of the art health facilities to the masses but the Federal Government who came in the Government to provide facilities to the peoples of Pakistan their promises are totally wrong. All sectors of life are deteriorating day by day and Niazi Government is busy to issue notices of Sales Tax to the hospitals.

The Adviser said that the health facilities are the basic right of the people. Sindh Government transforming his hospitals and health sector state of the art facilities where people across Sindh as well as Pakistan were visiting to seek health facilities. why Federal Government not extending welfare measures to the people so he can enjoying their life with all perks and privileges. The people of Pakistan especially in Sindh have no electricity, water, green line project and other development projects are worsening by imposed of tax in the hospitals with increasing miseries of Pakistani people. The masses are facing trouble due to inflation, and prices of essential commodities have been hiked so much that it is difficult for people to take their daily food. He said that it is wrong for the FBR to give notice of sales tax to the hospitals.

Wahab said that now the hospital has also been under sales tax. Adviser Information said that the Electricity and Gas companies have received orders from the Federal Government to implement standard sales tax on hospitals. He said that the implementation of sales tax is abusive for healthcare facilities in the country.

Murtaza Wahab said that the unfair government of Tehreek-e-Insaf has destroyed every sector of the country adding that when the hospitals also taxed, health facilities will go away beyond the reach of the masses. Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that the Pakistan People’s Party has never disturbed the sectors of necessities of life and welfare of masses. Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that all these types of measures of tax may kindly be withdrawn so that the people will pass their life easily. Slamming the Federal Government Wahab said that it is just a tsunami of inflation and storm of taxes.

Meanwhile, Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the negotiation between the nurses alliance has become successful and the nurses return back to their protesting camp at Karachi Press Club. He said that the Notification as per demands of nurses will be issued within 24 hours. He said that the Government of PPP believes in the solution of problems of the masses and the notification regarding demands of the nurses will be issued after the Friday prayers.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab condemned the arrest of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and said that the arrest before evidence of the allegation from the court of law is illegal and PPP strongly condemn the arrest of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. “All these arrests are being made on the directives from Bani Gala.”

Wahab said that the leaders of Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim Leagues were the victims of political revenge of Niazi and his cabinet members.