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Health advocates concerned at no hike in cigarette tax rates

ISLAMABAD: Health advocates Friday expressed deep concern over the government’s decision to maintain current...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

Upcoming budget: SIFC should advocate 26pc rise in tobacco taxes: SPARC

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has requested the Special Investment...

Updated 05 Jun, 2024 07:13am

Business & Finance

Activists demand further increase in tobacco taxation

ISLAMABAD: Speakers Sunday asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to implement Health Ministry’s recommendation...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:52am

Business & Finance

Solangi for increasing taxes on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi said there is urgent need to...

Published 23 May, 2024 05:16am

Business & Finance

SPARC urges govt to increase taxes on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Thursday urged the government to...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Pakistan

Health activists support IMF’s tax policy recommendations on revamping tobacco taxation

ISLAMABAD: Health activists Friday strongly supported International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) tax policy...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

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

Business & Finance

SPARC asks govt to prioritise increasing taxes on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Friday asked the government to...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

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

Pakistan

SPARC for levying health-related charges on tobacco products

LAHORE: Emphasizing the need for strengthening the tobacco control landscape in Pakistan, health professionals ...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Cigarettes: Rs364bn can be generated by maintaining enhanced FED slabs

Islamabad: The government can generate around Rs 364 billion from the tobacco sector in 2023-24 by maintaining the...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am

Business & Finance

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

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

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am

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

Pakistan

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

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

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Pakistan

Govt and people‘Increased tobacco taxation is a win-win situation’: speakers

ISLAMABAD: Increased tobacco taxation is a win-win situation for the government and people of Pakistan provided that...

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

Decline in production: Tobacco industry accused of declaring misleading statistics

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

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

FED on cigarettes: health activists for further hike

ISLAMABAD: Health activists and civil society organisations have demanded of the government to further increase ...

Published 21 May, 2023 04:00am

Business & Finance

Tobacco firms may show less production after FED hike: PANAH

ISLAMABAD: Sana Ullah Ghumman, General Secretary and Director Operations of Pakistan National Heart Association...

Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am

Pakistan

Govt urged to stick to new FED rate on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: Health activists have urged the government to remain steadfast on its decision to double the Federal...

Published 17 Apr, 2023 06:41am

Pakistan

Increase in FED on cigarettes: Health activists satisfied with new govt measure

ISLAMABAD: Health activists Friday expressed satisfaction over signing of Finance (Supplementary) Act, 2023 by...

Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Health levy on tobacco products: Govt urged to take sustainable revenue measures

ISLAMABAD: Health experts and non-governmental organizations on Friday urged upon the government to take sustainable...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

Harmful innovative tobacco products: SPARC urges stakeholders to help protect youths

ISLAMABAD: Society for Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) urged all the stakeholders to play their role ...

Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Pakistan

Activists object to bids by tobacco firms to get products regularised

ISLAMABAD: Society for Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) urged all the stakeholders to play their role ...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 07:40am

Pakistan

SPARC concerned over regularisation of heated tobacco devices

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) raised alarms on the reports of tobacco...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:51am

Pakistan

SPARC underlines sustainable tobacco control policies

ISLAMABAD: The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) on Tuesday organised a seminar on “need for...

Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am

Pakistan

SPARC lauds govt for raising FED on cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has appreciated the government for raising...

Published 28 Aug, 2022 06:10am

Pakistan

Experts urge govt to impose health levy on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Health experts have urged the government to impose health levy on tobacco products to save precious ...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

Business & Finance

Tobacco industry: SPARC censures marketing tactics

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) highlighted the deceptively dangerous...

Published 23 Jun, 2022 08:27am

Pakistan

SPARC holds dialogue on tobacco taxation

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) organised a dialogue session on the ...

Published 08 Jun, 2022 08:30am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.05

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
S&P 500 / Nov 15	5,870.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Nasdaq / Nov 15	18,680.12
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,063.61
Dow Jones / Nov 15	43,444.99
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,210.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.02
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 15	233,371.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,563.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 15	68.91
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 16	18,085
Petrol/Litre / Nov 17	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 17 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 17 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.73 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 17 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 17 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 17 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	56.65 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 17 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 17 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,008.83 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 17 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 17 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.43 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	77,999,077 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	70,721,702 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	55,501,231 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,884,955 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 17 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	36,294,630 ▲ 0.00
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Nov 17 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	32,226,742 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Nov 17 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,018,611 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 17 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	22,405,457 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 17 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	21,319,898 ▲ 0.00

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