{"id":16960,"date":"2022-05-21T13:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=16960"},"modified":"2022-05-21T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:39:58","slug":"17-percent-gst-on-solar-panels-has-been-detached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/21\/17-percent-gst-on-solar-panels-has-been-detached\/","title":{"rendered":"17 percent GST on solar panels has been detached."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced the removal of a 17 percent general sales tax on solar panels imposed by the previous PTI government on Friday, claiming that it is the only way to reduce the country&#8217;s $20 billion oil import bill amid the fast rising prices of the US currency, which has crossed the Rs200 barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came during the premier&#8217;s meeting at CM House with Karachi industrialists and businessmen to discuss &#8220;key issues of 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