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Period tax scrapped in Pakistan: what the ruling means for women

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Two lawyers filed a court case. Thousands signed a petition. Pakistan just agreed to scrap its sales tax on period products. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced the move this month, calling sanitary products “daily necessities that a

Jun 25, 2026Positivity +60
Period tax scrapped in Pakistan: what the ruling means for women

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Two lawyers filed a court case. Thousands signed a petition. Pakistan just agreed to scrap its sales tax on period products. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced the move this month, calling sanitary products “daily necessities that a

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