Two lawyers, aged 25 and 29, filed a court case last year arguing that an 18% sales tax on locally made sanitary products — and a 25% customs tax on imported ones — amounted to a discriminatory "pink tax." Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced the removal of the sales tax, calling period products indispensable to women's health and dignity. Contraceptives will also be tax-free under the new budget.
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Pakistan abolishes period tax after young lawyers take it to court

THE GUARDIAN

Two lawyers, aged 25 and 29, filed a court case last year arguing that an 18% sales tax on locally made sanitary products — and a 25% customs tax on imported ones — amounted to a discriminatory “pink tax.” Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced the removal of the sales tax, calling period products indispensable to women’s health and dignity. Contraceptives will also be tax-free under the new budget.

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