Pakistan’s Retailer App: How the New Digital Tax Scheme Could Change Small Businesses - Pakistan Observer

Retailer Scheme App Launched As Govt Moves To Widen Tax Net

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks (centre) address a press conference in Islamabad, August 19, 2026. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo News  App developed in consultation with traders: minister. FinMin Aurangzeb urges all sectors to come into tax net. Finance minister terms sales tax evasion criminal act. ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday launched a mobile application for the fixed tax scheme aimed at bringing small traders and…

Govt launches ‘retailer app’ to expand tax net, simplify scheme for small traders - HUM News English

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday launched a retailer app to bring small traders to the national tax net. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that the government had simplified and made optional the tax scheme for small traders while digital technology would bring greater transparency to the economy. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister of State for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani, Aurangzeb said that the government…

Pakistan’s Retailer App: How the new digital tax scheme could change small businesses - Pakistan Observer

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has taken another step toward digitising its tax system with the launch of a new Retailer App, a government initiative designed to make tax registration easier for small shopkeepers and bring more businesses into the formal economy. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb launched the app and said the government was aiming to simplify the tax process while improving transparency through digital technology. The initiative is part…

Pakistan’s net billing reform sheds light on deeper power sector issues - pv magazine Global

Pakistan’s shift from net metering to net billing could help address financial pressures in the country’s power sector but deeper structural problems facing the grid remain, according to new research. Pakistan officially transitioned to a net billing system in February, replacing net metering rules introduced in 2015 and lowering the buyback rate for surplus solar energy fed into the grid. Muhammad Uzair Yousuf, Assistant Professor at the NED Un…