Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan Appeal: Urgent Transport Sector Requests

Issuer: Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan (national trade body for freight operators). Purpose: An appeal to federal and provincial leadership requesting immediate policy action to address transporters' grievances and ensure uninterrupted movement of food, medicine, export cargo and commercial supplies nationwide.

Targeted offices: Prime Minister of Pakistan; Federal Ministers for Communication, Commerce, and Finance & Revenue; and the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

Key urgent requests:

• Immediate and full enforcement of axle-load compliance across national motorways, highways and provincial road networks.
• Rationalisation of the 7% withholding tax regime on the logistics sector to reflect the sector's thin margins.
• Fix diesel pricing on a monthly basis instead of weekly or daily adjustments.
• Reversal of multiple recent toll-tax increases (manifold toll hikes).
• Provide security for trucks throughout Pakistan, with priority attention to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

Action advised: Policymakers are asked to intervene immediately to resolve the listed issues and protect the logistics supply chain nationwide.