Taxes on high-end phones affect only 5% users, says FBR chairman
A man checks out an iPhone 16 Pro at an Apple store. — Reuters/File Premiums on the latest models go up to Rs 150,000. Imported phones are taxed under the current regime. A report on the matter is expected by March before the NA. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said taxes on expensive, imported mobile phones affect only a small section of consumers, noting that premiums on new high-end models come to around Rs 150,000. “This is only a 5% customer issue,” FBR chairman Rashid Langrial told the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, which was deliberating on a petition











