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Cigarettes worth Rs250m stolen from warehouses: Senate sub-body directs FBR chief to attend next meeting

Updated 24 Feb, 2026 09:45am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body examining the theft of 2,828 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs 250 million from the...

Indian tobacco stocks tank as government levies new tax on cigarettes

Published 01 Jan, 2026 11:12pm

ITC shares plunged to 365.50 rupees, their lowest level since April 2023

Documented tobacco cos appreciate govt’s efforts

Published 19 Dec, 2025 08:21am

ISLAMABAD: The documented tobacco companies have appreciated government’s efforts to clampdown on the illegal...

Curbing non-duty paid cigarette output: FBR rolls out multi-tier enforcement plan on PM’s order

Published 14 Dec, 2025 02:49am

ISLAMABAD: Following strict directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has...

Customs seize smuggled goods worth Rs138m from Quetta

Published 10 Dec, 2025 03:28am

ISLAMABAD: In a significant anti-smuggling operation, the Mobile Squad of Customs Enforcement Quetta has seized a...

Institutional shift: setting the stage for optimal tobacco tax policy

Published 05 Nov, 2025 07:02am

The recent establishment of the Tax Policy Office (TPO)—separating the critical function of tax policy design from...

Cigarettes: Despite 200pc FED hike, collection totals Rs225.495bn

Updated 31 Oct, 2025 09:17am

ISLAMABAD: Despite 200 percent increase in Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes, the Federal Board of Revenue...

Illicit cigarettes during 2024: Local production remains same

Published 30 Sep, 2025 07:28am

ISLAMABAD: The local production of illicit cigarettes during 2024 remained the same despite drastic decrease in...

Prohibition: a policy of fear, not facts

Published 28 Sep, 2025 05:25am

Tobacco has been used across societies for generations, yet it is only with modern research that its risks and...

The smokescreen over Pakistan’s cigarette taxes: a case for urgent fiscal scrutiny

Published 27 Jun, 2025 03:19am

As Pakistan continues to navigate persistent fiscal challenges, the recent budget documents for FY 2025-26, ...

WHO’s stepped up higher tax drive may fuel illicit cigarette trade

Published 23 Jun, 2025 06:16am

LAHORE: As the World Health Organisation (WHO) intensified its global drive for greater tobacco taxes, there are...

‘Tobacco industry seeks tax cut amid rising health burden’

Published 13 May, 2025 06:15am

LAHORE: The government is learnt to have faced mounting pressure from the tobacco industry to concede to demands ...

Cigarettes: WHO pressures FBR to further raise FED

Updated 11 May, 2025 10:17pm

ISLAMABAD: There is a strong pressure of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the government of Pakistan to...

SPDC highlights worsening tobacco epidemic

Published 25 Apr, 2025 06:05am

LAHORE: The Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), a policy research institute has expressed serious concerns...

Tobacco control policies & taxation framework: FTT asks FBR to scrutinise data provided by int’l bodies/NGOs

Published 15 Apr, 2025 07:24am

ISLAMABAD: Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT), a think tank has asked the Federal Board of Revenue, and the Ministry of...

Weak enforcement: Illicit cigarette trade causing huge losses

Published 11 Apr, 2025 07:24am

LAHORE: Pakistan continues to suffer massive tax losses due to the unchecked rise of the illicit cigarette trade,...

Smuggling of non-duty paid cigarettes: AJK govt beefs up enforcement efforts

Updated 30 Mar, 2025 08:35am

ISLAMABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has aggressively increased enforcement efforts to curb the...

Customs’ raid in Sukkur: Massive counterfeit cigarette-making operation uncovered

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

KARACHI: The Anti Smuggling Sukkur Team of Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Hyderabad conducted a significant ...

Tackling tobacco consumption

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

EDITORIAL: In grim news for public health in Pakistan, it has emerged that the country’s annual smoking-related...

Fraudsters including FBR guard held for illegal search

Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:10am

ISLAMABAD: A group of fraudsters including an armed guard of Inland Revenue, Federal Board of Revenue ((FBR) has ...

Rs237bn FED collected from cigarettes in 2023-24

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 09:24am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs 237 billion as federal excise duty (FED) from...

Volumes of market leader cigarette making co significantly decline

Published 08 Nov, 2024 06:41am

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

Crackdown launched on retailers selling non-tax-paid cigarettes

Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am

LAHORE: To address the escalating issue of illicit cigarette trade in Pakistan, a crackdown has been launched on...

Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited

Published 13 Jun, 2024 08:06am

Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited (PSX: PAKT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1947. The...

World No-Tobacco Day marked: Smoking causes over 250,000 deaths in Pakistan annually

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

LAHORE: With the theme-protecting the young generation from smoking, the World No-Tobacco Day was marked here on...

Illicit cigarettes destroyed

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

ISLAMAABAD: A ceremony for destruction of massive quantity of illicit/ smuggled/ counterfeit cigarettes was held by...

FED on cigarettes likely to be increased in budget

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to increase Federal Excise Duty on cigarettes in coming budget (2024-25). It is...

Anti-tobacco activists for hiking FED on cigarettes

Published 26 May, 2024 02:56am

ISLAMABAD: Anti-tobacco activists have warned that the government would lose revenue and benefits gained through tax...

Hike in FED, GST on tobacco in budget: Shehla urges MPs, stakeholders to join efforts

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly Shehla Raza Friday asked the parliamentarians and stakeholders to join efforts...

Illicit cigarette market not as large as tobacco industry claims: WHO

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new study found that there is no evidence that Pakistan’s...

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Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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