ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) in collaboration with Oxfam, organized a two-day consultation on the National Action Plan (NAP) on business and human rights here on Tuesday. The consultation aims to engage human rights legislators and provincial policymakers in debates concerning the legal policy dimension of business and human rights. One aspect of human rights was related to tax responsibility of business enterprises which was the vital source of the state in delivering human rights. Provincial representatives included Punjab Human Rights Secretary Asim Iqbal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Secretary Asghar Ali, Balochistan Human Rights Secretary Mohammad Asghar and Sindh Human Rights Secretary Tanveer Qureshi. NAP on business and human rights Programme Manager Asim Jaffry said that tax was also an issue of good governance and responsible business practice.

Source: Pakistan Today December 19, 2017 16:52 UTC