The Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue has published a notification dated 7 February 2017 announcing the entry into force of the protocol the 1995 tax treaty with Uzbekistan on 25 October 2016. The protocol, signed 17 November 2015, replaces article 25 (Exchange of Information) to bring it in line with the OECD standard for information exchange. The protocol is effective from the date of its entry into force.