{"id":103528,"date":"2025-10-06T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103528"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:58:06","slug":"kp-moves-to-block-federal-tax-on-property-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-moves-to-block-federal-tax-on-property-transfers.html","title":{"rendered":"KP moves to block federal tax on property transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet on Monday approved filing a petition in the Supreme Court against the federal government\u2019s decision to impose tax on the transfer of immovable property, arguing that the measure infringes upon the provincial government\u2019s exclusive authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, observed that taxation on property transfers falls under the provincial domain, as outlined in the Constitution. Officials said the province will contest the federal government\u2019s jurisdiction over the matter in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-unveils-low-cost-housing-scheme.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP govt unveils low-cost housing scheme for residents<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cabinet maintained that the federal move not only encroaches on provincial rights but also risks creating complications for citizens and property markets. It decided to pursue legal remedies to safeguard the province\u2019s fiscal powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the latest in a series of steps by the KP government to assert greater control over its taxation and revenue generation mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet on Monday approved filing a petition in the Supreme Court against the federal government\u2019s decision to impose tax on the transfer of immovable property, arguing that the measure infringes upon the provincial government\u2019s exclusive authority. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, observed that taxation on property transfers falls under the provincial domain, as outlined in the Constitution. Officials said the province will contest the federal government\u2019s jurisdiction over the matter in court. Read: KP govt unveils low-cost housing scheme for residents The cabinet maintained that the federal move not only encroaches on provincial rights but also risks creating complications for citizens and property markets. It decided to pursue legal remedies to safeguard the province\u2019s fiscal powers. This marks the latest in a series of steps by the KP government to assert greater control over its taxation and revenue generation mechanisms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":94259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[62074,68528,68530,1387,67822,68526,68531,998,68529,68527],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-ali-amin-gandapur","9":"tag-federal-vs-provincial-powers","10":"tag-immovable-property-transfer","11":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-news","12":"tag-kp-cabinet","13":"tag-property-tax-dispute","14":"tag-provincial-autonomy","15":"tag-real-estate-market","16":"tag-supreme-court-petition","17":"tag-taxation-rights","18":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP moves to block federal tax on property transfers-Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The cabinet maintained that the federal move not only encroaches on provincial rights but also risks creating complications for....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-moves-to-block-federal-tax-on-property-transfers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP moves to block federal tax on property transfers-Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The cabinet maintained that the federal move not only encroaches on provincial rights but also risks creating complications for....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-moves-to-block-federal-tax-on-property-transfers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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