PTCL bill increased

Before Internet Tax (Left) vs. After Internet Tax (Right)
The first PTCL bill is of June, shows a Service tax of Rs. 39. The PTCL bill for the same package from July shows an increase in Service Tax to Rs. 234.
In addition to this, there’s also a minute increase in the withholding tax.

Experts have warned against taxing Pakistan’s booming IT sector in order to spur growth. Measures such as the enhanced internet tax will prove to be disadvantageous to the growth in Pakistan’s internet users, who currently grew by 40 million in the past 3 years.
Many telcos are also expected to increase their mobile data rates if they haven’t done so already.