December 07, 2007	Friday	Ziqa'ad 26, 1428

KARACHI, Dec 6: In a major decision, the Sindh excise and taxation department has asked the PTCL to immediately pay dues of property tax after the director-general Mohammad Asif Marghoob Siddiqui rejected its revision plea.

In a press release, the department said outstanding dues of the PTCL in respect of property tax are about Rs137 million.

In its revision appeal, the PTCL challenged the levy of property tax on their offices in Karachi on the plea that its business was categorised in industry.

The DG in his judgment said the PTCL was a commercial concern which provides services. It was not engaged in manufacturing, nor land had been allotted to it as an industrial concern.