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Why people don’t stop smoking

Published 20 Sep, 2026 02:22am

Every day in my clinic, I have the same conversation with multiple patients who, despite having tried to quit...

10 smuggled vehicles, foreign-origin cigarettes seized

Published 20 Jul, 2026 05:50am

ISLAMABAD: The Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Islamabad, has further consolidated its anti-smuggling efforts...

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...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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