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Kasim Gillani on PTA Mobile Taxes: When Digital Policy Punishes the Citizen

Pakistan’s mobile taxes have turned smartphones into unusable luxuries. Learn why high PTA duties hurt freelancers, waste foreign exchange, and block digital growth—and why zero-rating phones may be the smarter policy.

The Hidden Cost No One Counts

Here’s the part policymakers rarely acknowledge.

When a phone is imported:

  • Foreign exchange is already spent

  • Duties are already paid

  • The device physically exists inside Pakistan

But when registration fees are too high, the phone becomes unusable.

That means:

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