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Pakistan government considers abolishing 3% import tax on life-saving medicines under 12th Schedule to reduce pharmaceutical costs for patients

Pakistan Considers Removing 3% VAT on Imported Medicines to Cut Retail Drug Prices

Focus Pakistan2026-05-29

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani federal government is taking a serious look at an initiative which could see the cancellation of a tax levied on essential medicines that has stealthily brought up the price of lifesaving drugs by almost four times what patients had to bear just one budget cycle ago. This proposal, under serious consideration before Finance ... Read more

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