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Cigarette industry demands effective TTS enforcement

KARACHI: Cigarette industry has urged the federal government for the special measures in the budget for effective...

Published 31 May, 2025 05:56am

Opinion

Unravelling cigarette tax revenue mystery

The first half of fiscal year 2025 has painted a perplexing picture of Pakistan’s cigarette industry. The latest...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 06:25am

Business & Finance

Volumes of market leader cigarette making co significantly decline

ISLAMABAD: The volumes of market leader cigarette manufacturing company significantly declined from 7.1 billion...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 06:41am

Business & Finance

Health advocates concerned at no hike in cigarette tax rates

ISLAMABAD: Health advocates Friday expressed deep concern over the government’s decision to maintain current...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Juices, cigarettes prime focus: Govt plans to rationalise FED regime in budget

ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to rationalise Federal Excise Duty (FED) regime in the coming budget with...

Updated 16 May, 2024 09:26am

Business & Finance

Huge operation in AJK against tax evasion in cigarette industry

ISLAMABAD: Joint teams of Azad Jammu & Kashmir’s excise and taxation department and police have conducted...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am

Business & Finance

Tobacco taxation restructuring: Health activists support IMF’s recommendation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has suffered economic losses due to the dominance of the cigarette industry, high consumption...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 05:33am

Business & Finance

Excise duty hike: Cigarette industry witnessing big surge in illegal trade

ISLAMABAD: The cigarette industry is experiencing a surge in illegal trade in recent months, particularly following ...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

Business & Finance

Cigarette industry: SDPI says revenue collection targets missed since 2017

ISLAMABAD: A new study conducted by Pakistani think tank Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) revealed...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Business & Finance

Cigarette industry: Influence on policymaking caused Rs567bn revenue loss in last 7 years

ISLAMABAD: The influence of cigarette industry on policymaking has not only impacted nation’s financial well-being...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

Illicit trade: Cigarette makers question FBR’s performance

ISLAMABAD: Leading cigarette manufacturers Friday raised serious questions over the performance of the Federal Board...

Updated 22 Jul, 2023 09:45am

Pakistan

Illicit cigarette industry’s market share expands to 39pc

ISLAMABAD: The illicit cigarette industry share has been increased to 39 percent in the market as compared to claims...

Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am

FED on tobacco products: Govt may get additional revenue of Rs60bn

ISLAMABAD: The government has estimated to generate an additional revenue of at least Rs60 billion following raise...

Updated 02 May, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

Cigarette industry: FBR seeks to generate extra Rs185bn revenue thru FED, GST

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has estimated to generate additional revenue of around Rs185 billion...

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

Business & Finance

Rise in FED gives informal cigarette industry a huge boost

ISLAMABAD: The illicit cigarette industry captured the overall market of documented cigarette manufacturers in April...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Business & Finance

Track-and-trace system not implemented: Illegal cigarette trade continues to flourish

KARACHI: The volume of illegal cigarette trade continues to surge as the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR)...

Published 05 Nov, 2022 06:26am

Business & Finance

Illegal tyres & tobacco causing Rs130bn loss to exchequer: officials

LAHORE: Smuggled tyres and illegal tobacco trade are causing a huge revenue loss of Rs130 billion annually to the...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 8	284.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 8	284.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 8	147.11
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 8	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 8	1.36
Euro to USD / Jul 8	1.17
UK LIBOR % / Jul 8	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 8	6,225.52
India Sensex / Jul 8	83,712.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 8	39,706.75
Nasdaq / Jul 8	20,418.46
Hang Seng / Jul 8	23,957.38
FTSE 100 / Jul 8	8,854.18
Dow Jones / Jul 8	44,240.76
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 8	24,206.91
France CAC40 / Jul 8	7,766.71

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 8	68.26
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	16,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	303,926
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 8	3,293.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 8	67.31
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	266.79
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	272.98

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Jul 9 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	6.16 ▲ 1 (19.38%)
Habib Ins. / Jul 9 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	10.47 ▲ 1 (10.56%)
Kohinoor Energy / Jul 9 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	21.18 ▲ 1.93 (10.03%)
First Treet Manuf / Jul 9 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	19.43 ▲ 1.77 (10.02%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jul 9 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	82.01 ▲ 7.46 (10.01%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 9 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	176.74 ▲ 16.07 (10%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 9 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	115.15 ▲ 10.47 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Jul 9 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	321.85 ▲ 29.26 (10%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 9 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	62.28 ▲ 5.66 (10%)
Maqbool Tex. / Jul 9 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	47.54 ▲ 4.32 (10%)

Stock	Price
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	15.97 ▼ -1.68 (-9.52%)
Hala Enterprise / Jul 9 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	25.01 ▼ -1.91 (-7.1%)
Masood Textile / Jul 9 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	62.10 ▼ -4.71 (-7.05%)
Dewan Mushtaq / Jul 9 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	10.18 ▼ -0.77 (-7.03%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jul 9 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	103.05 ▼ -7.52 (-6.8%)
Gillette Pak / Jul 9 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	216 ▼ -13.33 (-5.81%)
JS Investments / Jul 9 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	26.10 ▼ -1.6 (-5.78%)
Apna Microfin. / Jul 9 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	14.51 ▼ -0.78 (-5.1%)
LSE Capital / Jul 9 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6 ▼ -0.3 (-4.76%)
Paramount Mod / Jul 9 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	9 ▼ -0.45 (-4.76%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 9 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	41,322,528 ▲ 0.36
Kohinoor Spining / Jul 9 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	32,196,273 ▲ 0.24
Hascol Petrol / Jul 9 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,390,659 ▲ 0.08
Treet Battery / Jul 9 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	11,564,164 ▲ 1.07
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 9 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	7,874,821 ▲ 1.25
Sui South Gas / Jul 9 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	7,617,784 ▼ -0.83
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,384,235 ▼ -0.01
Ghani Chemworld / Jul 9 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	7,007,265 ▲ 0.21
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Jul 9 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	6,885,947 ▲ 0.54
Telecard Limited / Jul 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	6,848,521 ▲ 0.03

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