ISLAMABAD – US administration makes new demands from Pakistan.
The United States on Friday demanded the tax exemption for diplomatsworking in Pakistan.
The statement issued by the US embassy spokesperson stated that the issueof tax exemption for US diplomats in Pakistan is still pending anddiscussion is underway.
According to US embassy, the US had withdrawn its Diplomatic Tax Exemptionprogramme for staff at the Pakistan Embassy on May 15, adding that the assoon as the issue is resolved their tax exemption would be restored.
It is pertinent here to mention that the US has revoked its Diplomatic TaxExemption programme for Pakistani diplomats in another retaliatory measurethat is threatening to plunge already strained relations to a new low.
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Last year, the US barred Pakistani diplomats working in Washington fromtravelling outside a 25-mile radius around the city without approval. Withthe decision turning effective immediately, over 20 members in the Pakistanembassy surrendered the card to the US authorities.
The US Department of State provides Diplomatic Tax Exemption Cards toeligible foreign diplomatic and consular missions, in most cases to theirpersonnel and eligible family members.
Such missions and their members use these cards to obtain exemption fromsales, occupancy, restaurant, and other similar taxes imposed on eithertheir official or personal purchases in the US or its territories.
