Ufone, Mobilink & Telenor to charge Additional amount on Recharge

Following Ufone and Mobilink, now Telenor has announced to deduct 1.5% Admin Fee on all recharges (Scratch Card / EasyLoad) from July 2011.

All these new charges are in addition to 5 percent service charges on all reloads.

Messages that are being sent to Customers:

Ufone:

Dear Customer, To further exceed your expectations, a maintenance charge of 1.1% will be applicable on every recharge from 1st July 2011 along with government taxes. (June-24-2011)

Mobilink:

1% operational fee will be applicable on all recharge through jazz load (applicable from July 1st, 2011). (June-25-2011)

Telenor:

"Dear subscriber, from 4th July, an Admin Fee of 1.5% will be levied on usage for all prepaid connections (talkshawk & djuice)" (June-28-2011)

Warid and Zong might come up with their versions soon.

Here is the list of taxes / charges subscriber will have to pay after implementation:

• Withholding Tax: 10 %
• GST/FED: 19.5 %
• Service Charges: 5 %
• Operational / Maintenance / Admin Charges: 1% to 1.5%

It merits mentioning here that all these charges are in addition to 5 percent service charges on all reloads.