ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee for Finance Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh Thursday said the prime minister's economic reforms package would expand the tax network.

Talking to a news channel, he said credit went to the present government for announcing an economic reforms package to facilitate the people. There should be direct taxation system instead levying indirect taxes, he added.

Qaiser Sheikh also welcomed the PM's announcement regarding exempting the people earning Rs 100,000 per month from tax.

Commenting on the Indian human rights violations in occupied Kashmir, he said the international community should take cognizance of Indian barbaric activities against the innocent Kashmiris.

He said India was committing gross human rights violations and involved in the killing of Kashmiri people struggling for their inalienable right to self-determination.