All Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Action Committee Mobile Phones Association has rejected the tax on used mobile phones and demanded the authorities to verify the blocked phones via an amnesty scheme and unblock them.
The association representative, Hamadullah, held a news conference at Peshawar Press Club. He said that the government’s decision to impose 10 percent tax on used mobile sets just like the new phones is downright unfair. It will be a huge blow to the mobile phone business in the country, said the representative.
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Hamadullah resented that the dealers have already suffered huge losses when the government blocked the imported mobile phones. He said that 80 percent of these mobiles are registered and blocking the rest is unfair. The government should deal with the blocked mobile phones through a type and tag system.
The representative said that the government wants to eliminate the sale of used phones from the market to create space for other mobile companies. He told that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked a large number of used mobile phones.
Hamadullah said that on one hand, the government promised to create employment opportunities but on the other, it is taking steps the close down the established businesses. It will ultimately create more unemployment in the country.