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Health 17 Jun 2026

Pakistan ends 'luxury tax' on menstrual products, contraceptives. Will prices drop?

In Pakistan, taxes on menstrual products can add up. Activists have long worked to change this. Now a new budget wipes out the 18% sales tax. But questions remain about the impact on prices.

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Menstrual products have been subject to an 18%. Sales tax in Pakistan, prompting protests. Huizeng Hu/Moment RF/ The budget for next fiscal. Year has the sales tax on these products. Dropping from 18% to zero. For decades, sanitary napkins and. Other menstrual items have been taxed as "luxury goods" and. The price has put these products out of. Reach for many in Pakistan.

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