PTA notification : LHC scraps overseas phone call tax
The judge also ordered the PTA chairman to submit a reply against the levy by November 5, the next date of hearing.
LAHORE:
Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Lahore High Court on Thursday cancelled the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) notification to impose additional tax on incoming international phone calls.
The judge also ordered the PTA chairman to submit a reply against the levy by November 5, the next date of hearing.
The court issued a restraining order on a petition of a company, m/s Brain Telecommunication Company.
The petitioner submitted that PTA had unlawfully imposed the additional tax. He said that PTA had also violated competition commission’s rules. He said that overseas Pakistanis faced difficulties due to the implementation of this tax.
He requested the court to declare it unlawful and restrain the PTA from charging additional taxes.
While opposing the petition, the PTA said it was not an unlawful move and the additional tax was being collected in the better interest of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2012.
Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Lahore High Court on Thursday cancelled the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) notification to impose additional tax on incoming international phone calls.
The judge also ordered the PTA chairman to submit a reply against the levy by November 5, the next date of hearing.
The court issued a restraining order on a petition of a company, m/s Brain Telecommunication Company.
The petitioner submitted that PTA had unlawfully imposed the additional tax. He said that PTA had also violated competition commission’s rules. He said that overseas Pakistanis faced difficulties due to the implementation of this tax.
He requested the court to declare it unlawful and restrain the PTA from charging additional taxes.
While opposing the petition, the PTA said it was not an unlawful move and the additional tax was being collected in the better interest of the country.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2012.