Govt Moves 20 LDI Cases to Telecom Tribunal Over Rs. 84 Billion in Unpaid Dues

Pakistan's long-distance international firms owe around Rs. 84 billion to the administration, including Rs.

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• The matter was discussed during a gathering of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications, chaired by Senator Palwasha Khan.
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• 60 billion in late payment surcharges, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority informed a Senate committee on Monday.
• The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications informed the committee that the licenses of a number of LDI firms had expired.
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Pakistan's long-distance international firms owe around Rs. 84 billion to the administration, including Rs. 24 billion in outstanding dues and Rs. 60 billion in late payment surcharges, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority informed a Senate committee on Monday.

Notably, the matter was discussed during a gathering of the Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications, chaired by Senator Palwasha Khan.

Notably, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications informed the committee that the licenses of a number of LDI firms had expired. After hearings, the PTA issued orders concerning the businesses. It subsequently challenged those orders before the courts. FBR Finally Cuts Sales Tax on Locally Manufactured Hybrid Vehicles.

Meanwhile, the PTA remarked 38 cases involving LDI businesses were at present pending before different courts. The authority had additionally written to the attorney general and raised the matter before judicial forums.

Twenty of these cases have now been transferred to the newly established Telecom Tribunal, authorities stated. The tribunal's chairman and members have been appointed, and it has began functioning.

In practice, the Ministry of IT remarked the tribunal would assist ensure faster hearings of telecom-related disputes. Nevertheless, businesses would retain the right to approach the Supreme Court after the tribunal problems its decisions.

In practice, the committee directed the relevant authorities to submit a progress report on the recovery matter at its next gathering. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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