Recently Budget has been announced in Pakistan where 20 Paisa tax is imposed on each of the sms being sent by any mobile operator.
Which means the bundle offer by Zong CM pk, Telenor, Ufone and Mobilink will be of no use any more. 20 paisa is tax and then there will be the charges by the operator which can be around 7 to 9 Paisa which means cost for Mobile operator will be 29 Paisa.
Now i believe no more bundle offers will be offered in Pakistan :).
Though, good part is Sales Tax will be lowered to 19% and Sim Activation is slashed to half.
This all seems to be weired where Telecom Compalies spent millions in advertising their Bulk SMS campaigns but now it seems all will be sent to trash.
There should be a body to take action on all this or one day no fdi will see Pakistan as opportunity when it comes to Telecom business
Regards,
Muneeb
