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tobacco industry

Illicit cigarettes’ dominance in market hits govt revenue

Published 25 Oct, 2025 07:10am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s tobacco industry continues to face a growing challenge as illicit cigarettes dominate a large...

Pakistan’s tobacco industry is in crisis mode

Published 27 Sep, 2025 06:36am

LAHORE: With the illicit cigarette trade accounting for a whopping 56-58 percent of the market share, Pakistan’s...

FBR to strictly monitor tobacco movement

Published 24 Jul, 2025 06:19am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will strictly monitor movement of processed tobacco from Tobacco Green...

Tobacco industry distraction?

Updated 24 May, 2025 08:13am

As Pakistan grapples with economic instability and a looming revenue shortfall, the tobacco industry has once again...

Tobacco revenue can increase by bringing illicit trade into tax net

Published 14 May, 2025 06:26am

KARACHI: The country’s annual revenue from the tobacco industry could more than double from the current Rs 270...

‘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 ...

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,...

Raising tobacco taxes right approach to reducing smoking rates?

Published 18 Mar, 2025 08:36am

KARACHI: A growing debate in Pakistan questions whether raising tobacco taxes is the right approach to reducing...

Tobacco industry aims to hook new generation on vapes, WHO says

Published 24 May, 2024 06:27am

LONDON: Tobacco companies still actively target young people via social media, sports and music festivals and new,...

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...

IPSOS report highlights alarming issues in Pakistan’s tobacco industry

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

ISLAMABAD: A latest report of significant credibility, published by IPSOS, an esteemed international surveying...

Tobacco industry: IMF recommends uniform tax structure

Published 28 Mar, 2024 05:47am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended implementation of a uniform tax structure on the...

Fake stamps: Around 850m counterfeit cigarette sticks being sold across country

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

ISLAMABAD: The documented tobacco industry Monday raised serious concern that around 850 million counterfeit...

Harnessing tobacco taxation for economic revitalisation

Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am

Pakistan faces multifaceted economic challenges; and amidst these, the role of tobacco taxation emerges as a...

Despite a 146pc FED hike on cigarettes

Published 16 Dec, 2023 05:49am

EDITORIAL: Going by FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) revenue figures, it has successfully busted the great tobacco...

New Zealand to scrap world-leading anti-smoking laws

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:57am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s plans for world-leading anti-smoking laws will be revoked, Christopher Luxon confirmed...

PMPK in 9MCY23

Published 31 Oct, 2023 08:34am

While CY22 was better for the tobacco industry in terms of profitability despite the three FED hikes, the ongoing...

Tobacco industry to fully install ‘track & trace system’ by year-end

Published 16 Oct, 2023 05:47am

ISLAMABAD: The electronic monitoring track and trace system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is expected to be...

Track-and-trace system loses its own track

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

EDITORIAL: The tobacco manufacturing industry is the single largest contributor to the Federal Board of Revenue’s...

Illicit trade: Cigarette makers question FBR’s performance

Updated 22 Jul, 2023 09:45am

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

Vicious cycle of smuggling, tax evasion

Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am

EDITORIAL: Speakers at a briefing arranged by Ipsos for parliamentarians to discuss tax evasion in five major ...

Safeguard children, low-income group: Tobacco industry leaving no stone unturned to undo govt’s efforts

Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am

ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industry is leaving no stone unturned to undo the great work done by the government of...

Minister explains why country’s dependency on foreign goods grows

Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am

ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs on Thursday stated that Pakistan’s dependency...

Economic Survey 2022-23: Pakistan’s performance explained through graphs

Published 08 Jun, 2023 09:57pm

The government of Pakistan presented the Economic Survey 2022-23 on Thursday. Business Recorder summarises the...

Jul-Mar period: Cigarette makers’ turnovers, profits surge despite fall in declared output

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

ISLAMABAD: Despite a substantial decline in declared production by cigarette manufacturing companies, their turnover...

World No-Tobacco Day: Govt urged to insulate kids against tobacco hazards

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

ISLAMABAD: The government must protect young generation from deadly products of tobacco industry, which are killing...

Decline in production: Tobacco industry accused of declaring misleading statistics

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:50am

ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industry is declaring misleading statistics about the decline in the declared production of...

Tobacco industry: FBR anticipates Rs200bn collection on FED hike

Updated 22 May, 2023 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has estimated to collect around Rs200 billion from the tobacco...

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

Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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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