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He also asked why a person who is exempted from taxes should be required to pay the withholding tax deducted by cellular service providers. </p> <p>A lawyer for a service provider said the companies had removed a 10 per cent service charge on mobile phones, as per the orders of the court. </p> <p>In February, it had been reported that the government would <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428173151/https://www.dawn.com/news/1462539">present an alternative formula</a> to the apex court for revival of taxes on mobile phone cards to bridge the revenue shortfall and meet budgetary target instead of imposing any new taxes in the next five months.</p> <p>"No new taxes will be imposed in the current fiscal year to achieve revenue target as prior conditions for availing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package," State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar had said.</p> <p>Justice Isa today said that the decision to suspend mobile phone taxes had been given by a three-member 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alt="A long-term forest policy"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478904" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428173151/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478904/a-long-term-forest-policy" class="story__link">A long-term forest policy </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428173151/https://www.dawn.com/authors/8443/haseeb-ahmed">Haseeb Ahmed</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Forest conservation should feature prominently in our scientific and political discourse. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article 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