SDPI holds seminar: Speakers highlight need for robust tobacco tax policy ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Monday expressed serious concern that the absence of taxation on smokeless... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am
Opinion Tobacco taxes – treaties, tensions, and trends Pakistan faces a pressing need for a sustainable tobacco taxation policy, particularly as tobacco use imposes severe... Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:15am
Pakistan PM’s statement against tobacco consumption lauded ISLAMABAD: Anti-tobacco and health activists across the country have welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s... Published 10 Jun, 2024 06:52am
Business & Finance Raising tobacco taxes: experts say significant progress made ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made significant progress in raising tobacco taxes with new recommendations of the World... Updated 07 May, 2024 08:02am
Print Budget 2024-25: SPDC proposes 37pc increase in FED on tobacco products ISLAMABAD: The Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC) has proposed a 37 percent increase in Federal Excise Duty... Updated 06 May, 2024 09:01am
Pakistan Illicit cigarette industry: Govt likely to announce support to small shopkeepers ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to announce support and assistance to small shopkeepers across the country to... Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am
Pakistan Health activists praise PM for raising FED on tobacco products ISLAMABAD: Health activists highly appreciated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s fiscal policy stance of raising... Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am
Pakistan Over 210,000 smokers die annually due to health issues: report ISLAMABAD: Over 210,000 people die every year in Pakistan due to smoking-related health issues, according to a... Published 14 Apr, 2023 05:59am
Pakistan Call for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco products to curb fatal diseases ISLAMABAD. Health professionals while stressing the need for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco and tobacco products... Published 24 Dec, 2022 07:22am
Print Unmanufactured tobacco: Adjustable FED of Rs390/kg not applicable on farmers: FBR ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Inland Revenue (Operations), Malik Amajd Zubair Tiwana, said... Updated 15 Oct, 2022 09:49am
Business & Finance Tobacco farmers urge govt to withdraw advance tax ISLAMABAD: Tobacco farmers on Monday urged the government to withdraw Rs 390 per kilogram advance tax on the tobacco... Published 23 Aug, 2022 06:48am
Pakistan Panah congratulated KARACHI: Health experts, civil society, journalists and various schools of thought congratulate Panah on raising... Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am
Pakistan Experts praise increase in taxes on tobacco products ISLAMABAD: Health experts have expressed satisfaction over government’s decision to increase taxation on tobacco... Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am
Ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed arraigned on charges of ‘engaging in political activities’ among others, says ISPR
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