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May 23, 2021
KARACHI: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) has recommended the Finance Ministry to raise the taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) including carbonated drinks in the coming budget to make them inaccessible to masses due to their health hazards, The News has learnt.
“Yes. The Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan has sent a recommendation to the Finance Minister to raise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages on the request from health experts, especially eminent diabetologists of Pakistan”, an official of the NHS,R&C confirmed on Saturday.
The National Health Services official, who requested anonymity, said the Dr Faisal Sultan decided to recommend for increasing taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages and carbonated drinks after the Diabetic Association of Pakistan (DAP) wrote letters to health authorities as well as the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials, requesting them
KARACHI: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has recommended the Finance Ministry to raise the taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages including carbonated drinks in.
Investment indicators worsen
Foreign direct investment increases 5.4% year-on-year. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD:
Investment indicators have further deteriorated for the third consecutive year but savings ratio as percentage of size of the economy has exceeded the annual target due to sharp improvement in the external account, showed official statistics. The details of the national accounts also revealed that the government did not use the final notified results of the sixth population census, which showed headcount at 207.68 million in 2017.
This has put a question mark on the claim of the Ministry of Planning and Development that per capita income in dollar terms grew by 13.4% to $1,543 in fiscal year 2020-21. The figure would drastically come down, if the actual population number is used. Instead of taking the 207.7 million population figure for fiscal year 2016-17, the Ministry of Planning has used the 197.3 million population figure for working out the per capita income. The Counci