ARTICLE 25
Non-Discrimination
(1) The nationals of a Contracting State shall not be subjected in the other Contracting State to any taxation or any requirement connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which nationals of that other State in the same circumstances are or may be subjected.
(2) The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise of a Contracting State has in the other Contracting State shall not be less favourably levied in that other state than the taxation levied on enterprises of that other State carrying on the same activities in the same circumstances.
(3) Enterprises of a Contracting state, the capital of which is wholly or partly owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more residents of the other Contracting State, shall not be subjected in the first-mentioned Contracting State to any taxation or any requirements connected therewith which is other or more burdensome than the taxation and connected requirements to which other similar enterprises of that first-mentioned State are or may be subjected in the same circumstances.
(4) Nothing contained in the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall be construed:
- (i) as obliging either of the Contracting state, to grant to persons not resident in its territory those personal allowances and reliefs for tax purposes which are by law available only to persons who are so resident;
- (ii) as affecting any provisions of the law of Pakistan regarding the imposition of tax on a non-resident person ; or
- (iii) as affecting any provisions of the law of Pakistan regarding the grant of rebate of tax to companies fulfilling specific requirements regarding the declaration and payment of dividends.
(5) In this Article, the term "taxation" means taxes which are the subject of this Convention.