This is not a "ban". This is just a business that has not entered Pakistani market yet. Please feel free to counter me with any solid example. BTW Paypal has not
banned Pakistan. It has not entered Pak market because of regulatory issues in Pak, read up on it.
Regarding your specific query, from what I have understood you are trying to buy a physical server? IBM, HP, Dell all are officially present in Pakistan. Services and support are also available via multiple partners (Jaffer brothers is one them). You are looking at the wrong place brother.
If you are talking about a hosting service, then you are wrong again. Every major hosting solution is available for Pak users. Counter me with concrete examples.
Google adsense is notorious for abrupt and random bans. Happens all over the world, including the US. Just Google it and you'll find thousands of horror stories.
That being said, I am not saying we can't do better. We need stronger judiciary and better laws to protect IP, enforce contracts etc. But as others have rightly pointed out, everything is available via proper channels if you are serious about your business.
I guess you just panicked
PS. To Indian posters, OP surely corroborated what your sensationalist and notoriously biased media tells you; that Pak is isolated diplomatically and economically. I don't mean to partake in the childish war going in this thread, but do Google local branches of major companies and you'll find they are doing a booming business here. Its a 200 million people market.
Let me tell you another story that'll shock you.
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In October 2016, the Indian tax amnesty had drawn $9.8billion in asset declarations.
An October 2, 2016 report of the "Financial Times" India had stated: "A four-month amnesty for tax evaders in India has resulted in the declaration of hidden assets worth nearly $10bn, the government has said, as it seeks to fulfill an election pledge to crack down on illicit "black money." The Income Declaration Scheme, which ran from June through September, allowed citizens to report assets previously undeclared to the tax authorities, without risk of prosecution. A charge of 45 per cent was to be levied on the assets declared under the scheme — one of the most conspicuous initiatives in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drive to tackle widespread corruption that is seen as a significant drag on the economy."
The widely-subscribed Indian media outlet had added: "Arun Jaitley, finance minister, told reporters at the weekend that assets worth Rs652.5billion ($9.8billion) had been declared under the scheme, implying a boost to government revenue of Rs294billion. The amnesty attracted 64,275 declarations, with the average amount declared standing at Rs10.2million. The initiative followed a similar one launched in 1997 that yielded revenue of Rs97.6billion, but Mr Jaitley said that the latest drive was firmer in its treatment of evaders, arguing that the previous effort had allowed them to make payments based on unduly low valuations of their assets."
It is imperative to note that in 1997, after the Indian Voluntary Disclosure Scheme was announced, the civil society had strongly objected to the same and represented to the Government to drop the proposal. However, the scheme was implemented.
In India more than 15 disclosure schemes have been introduced till date.
The "Financial Times" had maintained: “Liases Foras, a property research company, estimated in 2014 that 30 to 40 per cent of Indian real estate transactions involved an illicit cash payment. Firm progress in reducing tax evasion would boost the credibility of Mr Modi’s government, which made this a key part of its 2014 election manifesto. The US-based group Global Financial Integrity has estimated that Indians sent $343 billion of assets abroad illicitly between 2002 and 2011."
But its India, so its perfectly OK. These schemes are launched all over the world.
Innumerable American states have had tax amnesties.
For example, the Los Angeles administration had collected $18.6 million in its 2009 tax amnesty programme, claiming that the amount was $8.6 million more than was expected and that businesses saved $6.7 million in penalties. The state of Louisiana had brought in $450 million from its 2009 tax amnesty programme, three times more than what was expected.
On June 26, 2012, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which the nation's tax collection agency, had said its offshore voluntary disclosure programmes had collected more than $5 billion in back taxes, interest and penalties from 33,000 voluntary disclosures made under the first two programmes.
In Canada, a tax amnesty scheme called the "Voluntary Disclosure Programme" already exists for income tax and Excise related offences.
The Canada Revenue Agency has given this relief for a 10-year period prior to the date of filing and covers unfiled tax returns and unfiled information returns such as offshore asset form. Eligible taxpayers receive full penalty relief, and avoid any possible tax evasion prosecution.
In Belgium, during 2004, the country's legislative house had adopted a law allowing individuals subject to Belgian income tax to regularize the undeclared, or untaxed, assets they held before June 1, 2003.
In 2004, Germany had also granted a tax amnesty in connection with tax evasion.
The largest Islamic country, Indonesia, had netted about $9.61 billion in March 2017.
The country had previously given such incentives in 1964, 1984 and 2008 also.
In 2003, South Africa had enacted the Exchange Control Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act, a tax amnesty.
In 2012, the Spanish government had announced a tax evasion amnesty for undeclared assets or those hidden in tax havens. Repatriation was allowed by paying a 10 percent tax, with no criminal penalty.
Italy had first introduced a tax amnesty in 2001. In 2009, the Italian tax amnesty subjected repatriated assets to a flat tax of 5 per cent and succeeded in whitening a huge amount. About 80 billion Euros in assets were declared, which resulted in tax revenues of 4 Billion Euros. The Bank of Italy had estimated that Italian citizens held around 500billion Euros in undeclared funds outside the country.
In 2007, a Russian tax amnesty programme had collected $130 million in the first six months. The Russian programme, however, was not open to anyone previously convicted of tax crimes such as tax evasion.
On September 30, 2010, the government of Greece had granted tax amnesty to millions of Greek citizens by paying just 55 percent of the outstanding debts.
In 2014, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) tax amnesty had netted billions, but probes against rich with secret Swiss accounts were not shelved.
On December 9, 2014, the “Sydney Morning Herald” had written: “Around 1750 Australians have declared a total of $240 million in income and $1.7 billion in assets under the amnesty and another 800 expected to make voluntary disclosures. The biggest individual disclosure by a taxpayer was $30 million in income $120 million in assets that had been held in Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The smallest was a disclosure of $10,000. Only 130 individuals made declarations about property. The vast majority of voluntary disclosures were related to income and shares.”
The prestigious Australian media house had maintained: “In a warning to anyone feeling reluctant to come forward, ATO said it has an "informer" who has already handed them a list of 122 Australians with Swiss bank accounts. Switzerland proved to be the most popular destination for undeclared wealth (585 individual disclosures were made about money and assets hidden there), followed by the UK (299 disclosures), Israel (231 disclosures), Singapore (123 disclosures), Hong Kong (115 disclosures) and Liechtenstein (43 disclosures).”
