GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, STATISTICS & REVENUE
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Islamabad, the 18^th July 2002.

NOTIFICATION
(SALES TAX)
 

      S.R.O 454 (1)/2002- In exercise of the power conferred by section 12A of the Central Excises Act, 1944 (I of 1944) and section 34A of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, the federal Governments is pleased to exempt from the whole of the additional tax and penalty involved on delayed payment of central excise duty being collected as if it were sales tax levied under the sales Tax Act, 1990, on services provided or rendered by M/s. Pakistan International Airlines Corporation during the period from July, 2000 to March, 2002, for the reason that the amounts payable were paid after due date to a financial crisis aggravated by the September 11 incident and cancellation of flights to India. 

[C.No.1 (26)-STR/2002]
 

                                          (DR.MANZOOR AHMAD)
                                                              Additional Secretary