Lahore: The Standing Committee of the Punjab Cabinet on Legislative Business on Tuesday provided its approval to the proposed 4% provincial sales tax on the fares of online ride-hailing services operating within the province, according to news sources. To facilitate this measure, fares for raid hailing apps such as Uber, Careem, and Airlift are expected to undergo an increase on account of this new tax implementation.
The
authorities concerned announced this decision during the 22nd meeting of the
cabinet committee; held under the chairmanship of Punjab Minister for Law,
Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare Raja Basharat.
Further,
the committee sanctioned:
Development of the University of Child Health at the Children’s Hospital in Lahore
Draft of the Punjab Special Education Policy 2019
Amendments to the Act of Technical Universities, for the Department of Trade and Industries
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