Pakistan, May 4 -- The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry's Businessmen Panel (BMP) has asked the economic managers of the country to eliminate tax discrimination between different categories of medicines in the upcoming budget 2025-26. In its budget proposals it called for applying a uniform 1% sales tax rate on all medicines-whether allopathic, homeopathic, or herbal-to ensure fairness, accessibility, and consistency in healthcare taxation.

The issue was discussed in detail during the meeting between Mian Anjum Nisar and a delegation from the Homeopathic Pharmaceutical and Chemist Association Pakistan (HPCA), who met him in the lead of Dr. Amanullah Bismil, Patron-in-Chief of the HPCA on Saturday. The delegation i...