Call to raise tobacco taxes up to 70pc to minimise consumption ISLAMABAD: Malik Imran Ahmed, country head of “The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids” (CTFK) has urged the... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Print PM takes serious note of absence of sugar data ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is said to have taken serious note of the absence of requisite data on... Updated 10 May, 2024 08:59am
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 Preventing influence of tobacco making firms: ‘Pakistan’s performance remains unsatisfactory’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s performance in preventing the influence of tobacco manufacturing companies remained... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
World Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push LONDON: Philip Morris International’s goals for heated tobacco in the United States are reachable, analysts and... Published 29 Apr, 2024 12:56pm
Business & Finance Tobacco control efforts: Health activists assail industry’s disruptive role Islamabad: Public health activists have raised concerns over the tobacco industry’s persistent attempts to derail... Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am
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 Experts underscore need for 26pc increase in FED on tobacco items ISLAMABAD: To meet ambitious target of Federal Excise Duty (FED) at Rs 711 billion for next fiscal year, experts and... Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am
Business & Finance Tobacco revenue may cross $2bn mark by curbing illicit trade LAHORE: The government has the potential to generate $2 billion revenue from the legitimate tobacco industry by... Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am
Business & Finance Budget FY25: SPARC proposes 26pc hike in FED on cigarettes ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) Friday proposed a 26 percent increase ... Published 08 Mar, 2024 03:14am
Pakistan New govt facing uphill task to counter smoking ISLAMABAD: The new government is facing an uphill task to synchronize efforts between Ministry of National Health... Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am
Business & Finance FBR suffered Rs567.3bn revenue loss in last 7 years: SDPI report ISLAMABAD: A research report of the SDPI (think tank) has revealed that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has... Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:55am
Opinion ‘Electronic cigarettes and devices: Menace spreading at warp speed’ This is apropos an article “Electronic cigarettes and devices: Menace spreading at warp speed” carried by the... Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am
Opinion Harnessing tobacco taxation for economic revitalisation Pakistan faces multifaceted economic challenges; and amidst these, the role of tobacco taxation emerges as a... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Pakistan Call to adopt tobacco harm reduction strategies ISLAMABAD: Pakistan should consider adopting tobacco harm reduction strategies as part of tobacco control in public... Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
Pakistan World Children’s Day: SPARC for dealing with tobacco consumption challenge ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of World Children’s Day, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child... Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance 10 cigarette manufacturers: Ministry asks FBR to suspend brand registration ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to take action and... Published 18 Nov, 2023 06:03am
BR Research LSM inching up gradually The tide is finally turning after a disastrous 15 months of large scale manufacturing performance. Having turned... Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:43am
Pakistan Adoption of ‘tobacco harm reduction’ strategies urged ISLAMABAD: A significant number of lives can be saved in Pakistan through the widespread adoption of ‘tobacco harm... Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am
Pakistan Tobacco harm reduction strategies: New study reveals good opportunity to save over 1.2m lives ISLAMABAD: A new research study titled ‘Integrating Harm Reduction Into Tobacco Control’ revealed a significant... Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am
Business & Finance Tobacco growers hold protest demo against foreign companies ISLAMABAD: Tobacco growers on Wednesday held a protest against the multinational cigarette manufacturing companies ... Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:08am
Editorials Track-and-trace system loses its own track EDITORIAL: The tobacco manufacturing industry is the single largest contributor to the Federal Board of Revenue’s... Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance KTC receives award for ‘best export performance’ ISLAMABAD: Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ghulam Ali and Sindh Kamran Tessori have given Khyber Tobacco Company CEO... Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance Registration of tobacco vendors begins across Punjab LAHORE: Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control Department Punjab has decided to issue Tobacco vendors licenses by... Published 22 Jul, 2023 06:06am
Pakistan ‘Need to display tobacco-free signage at business houses in Karachi’ KARACHI: Programme Manager of the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lungs Diseases (The Union) Kathy... Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am
Editorials Vicious cycle of smuggling, tax evasion EDITORIAL: Speakers at a briefing arranged by Ipsos for parliamentarians to discuss tax evasion in five major ... Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am
Pakistan Safeguard children, low-income group: Tobacco industry leaving no stone unturned to undo govt’s efforts ISLAMABAD: The tobacco industry is leaving no stone unturned to undo the great work done by the government of... Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am
Pakistan Cigarette production drastically decreases in May ISLAMABAD: Health experts and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), Monday, admitted that cigarette production in... Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am
Business & Finance Govt urged to channel tobacco tax revenue into social sector Islamabad: Health experts have strongly proposed the government to allocate the revenue generated from tobacco taxes... Published 05 Jun, 2023 03:27am
Business & Finance Philip Morris boss campaigns to sell more heated tobacco LONDON: US tobacco giant Philip Morris International is fighting to get Britain, France and other countries to make... Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am
