Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan Appeal to Federal and Provincial Leadership on Urgent Transporters' Issues

Issuer: Fleet Operators Association of Pakistan (FOAP). Purpose: Urgent appeal requesting immediate policy intervention from federal and provincial leadership to address transporters' grievances affecting supply of food, medicine, export cargo and commercial/industrial goods across Pakistan. FOAP states transporters execute 98% of the nation's supply chains and seeks remedial action to stabilize the logistics sector and protect operators.

Key urgent demands:

• Immediate and full enforcement of axle-load compliance on national motorways, highways and provincial roads to prevent overloading and road damage.
• Rationalisation of the 7% withholding tax regime on the logistics sector to align tax treatment with the sector's low margins.
• Adopt monthly fixation of diesel pricing instead of daily/weekly fluctuations to provide predictability for transport operators.
• Reversal of recent manifold toll tax increases.
• Provision of security for trucks nationwide, with special emphasis on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan.

Targeted recipients: Federal and provincial leadership including federal ministers and chief ministers. The association requests immediate intervention by policy makers to address these issues. FOAP is registered with the Ministry of Commerce (DGTO) and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).