ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International Development, which is working in Pakistan on various development projects, has demanded duty/taxes exemption on the import of equipments for its health related project.
According to the detail, Economic Division has sent a letter to Federal Board Revenue (FBR), saying that USAID is going to start a project of maternal and new born child health service for which equipments and other items are required.
In the letter, the division said that Pakistan and USA has signed an agreement, under which USAID is exempted from duty/taxes for running its development projects in the country.
The division has requested FBR to issue exemption certificate to the said organisation.
