Pakistan Ends 'Luxury Tax' on Menstrual Products, Contraceptives. Will Prices Drop?
The budget cuts the levy from 18% to 0% and waives contraceptive taxes, a move activists say could improve access for women and girls.
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Pakistan has decided to abolish the period tax. The country has announced the abolition of the "period tax" on sanitary pads and other menstrual health products. So, let's explore what this period tax is and how its removal will impact Pakistan.
Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?
In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.
Pakistan abolishes ‘Period Tax’; drops 18% sales tax on menstrual hygiene products
New Delhi: Pakistan has finally removed the sales tax imposed on menstrual hygiene products and contraceptives in its federal budget for fiscal year 2026-27. Doing so the country reduces the sales tax rate for such products from 18 per cent to zero. The decision comes after years of campaigning by activists against what they referred to as the county’s ‘Period Tax’. The country now joins India, which scrapped a similar tax in 2018. Major decisio…
UNFPA Welcomes Pakistan's Population Development Moves
Islamabad (GNP): UNFPA welcomes the steps the Government of Pakistan is taking to strengthen its national population and development agenda. Recent fiscal, legislative, and institutional reforms reflect a growing commitment to the health, rights, and well-being of the people of Pakistan, especially women and young people. Press Statement by Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Representative in Pakistan. UNFPA particularly commends the government’s decision…
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