RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Thursday stayed recovery of tax on agriculture outputs and sought reply from the Punjab government within a fortnight.

Earlier the petitioner Mehmood Muzaffar through his counsel argued that the government on one side was announcing Kissan packages for farmers and on the other side was issuing notices for recovery of tax on agriculture products.

The petitioner submitted that officials of the district governments across the Punjab were issuing notices to the farmers and demanding of them to pay tax on agricultural products. He requested the court to bar the government from issuing these notices for recovery of the tax.