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MayBy Mehtab Haider Published in The News on May 21, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Information Technology (IT) sector has asked the government to bring the remote workforce working for companies abroad into the tax net because it disincentivises those working for Pakistani companies and paying heavy tax on their earned salary income. Extending warning to the government for […]
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MayBy Ume Laila Azhar Published in The News on May 18, 2025 D espite four provincial laws recognising home-based workers (HBWs), Pakistan lacks a national registration framework, data system or inclusive policy ensuring rights and protections for home based workers. “Laws without implementation are promises un-kept. Home-based workers deserve more than symbolic recognition; they deserve structural justice.”[…]
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MayBy Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in Dawn on May 16, 2025 ISLAMABAD: In a major policy shift, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved a comprehensive five-year tariff reform plan to be announced in the federal budget 2025-26, aiming to drastically reduce customs duties, additional customs duties, regulatory duties on raw materials and semi-finished goods, and a phased[…]
