KARACHI: This is apropos a news report titled “Dubai-based properties: Rental income not chargeable but declarable” carried by Business Recorder on June 28, 2019, Maqsood Jahangir commissioner IR Zone VI, Corporate Regional Tax Office (CRTO), Karachi, clarified that the relevant article 6 of the said treaty has used the word “may be taxed in such other state” instead of “only or shall be taxed in contracting state.” Therefore, the rental income of Dubai properties is chargeable to tax in Pakistan because there is no tax in Dubai on the rental income.