Pakistan, June 23 -- Pakistan's National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, has integrated a series of amendments into the Finance Bill for the next fiscal year to partially reduce taxes on imported mobile phones, a Pakistani lawmaker said on Sunday. The legislative adjustments follow a lengthy parliamentary debate after the initial federal budget draft omitted recommended reforms to the country's heavily taxed telecommunications sector.

While the amendments fell short of the sweeping tax rollbacks initially sought by a parliamentary panel, they mark a policy shift toward easing the burden on mobile users, according to Member of National Assembly (MNA) Kasim Gilani.

"We understand that this is insufficient, but still, whatever has...