Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Wednesday submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly Secretariat with regards to imposition of new taxes on imported goods and luxury items. The adjournment motion was submitted by MNAs Syed Naveed Qamar, Shazia Marri, Dr Nafisa Shah, Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani, Makhdoom Syed Mustafa Mehmood, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Mohammad Ayaz Soomro and Abdul Sattar Bachani.
The adjournment motion says, "We the undersigned intend to submit an adjournment motion to discuss the recent imposition of regulatory duties by the federal government on hundreds of essential and luxury items. We have grave reservations over this sudden imposition of taxes, which will result in inflation and lower purchasing power of the people. The government had raised the regulatory duties on 565 tariff lines during the budget 2017-18 and the imposition of a 'mini-budget' just after three months without the consultation of the Parliament, calls for an exclusive discussion on the floor of the House immediately."