ISLAMABAD: The civil society, lawyers and residents of Muzaffarabad have staged a protest against ongoing counterfeit cigarette trade in Azad Kashmir, which has serious health implications on youth and caused revenue loss to the Department of Inland Revenue, AJ&K and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The protesters from the federal capital, who have joined the protest, informed the media that this is a first of its kind of large gathering against drug trafficking and the sale of such counterfeit cigarettes in Muzaffarabad. The illicit trade and movement of counterfeit/low quality cigarettes from AJK to the tariff areas of Pakistan must be stopped through enforcement and administrative measures by the concerned agencies including FBR, they added.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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