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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

Pakistan’s tobacco control dilemma

Pakistan’s struggle with tobacco control reveals how industry interference and policymaker susceptibility can...

Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am

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

Business & Finance

PMPKL exports raw tobacco worth $48m over past five years

LAHORE: Philip Morris Pakistan (PMPKL) has exported raw tobacco worth $48 million over the past five years, driven ...

Published 27 Sep, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

GLT units: Exporters can remove raw tobacco without making payment against duties: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has allowed exporters to remove unmanufactured tobacco from the GLT units...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

BR Research

LSM: Slow rebound starts

Large Scale Manufacturing index for May 2024 grew 7.3 percent year-on-year – the highest growth in 23 months or July...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:28am

BR Research

Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited

Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited (PSX: PAKT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1947. The...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 08:06am

Pakistan

Cigarette consumption: Pakistan witnesses significant dip: survey

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has witnessed a significant dip in cigarette consumption due to its high prices, according to a...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

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

Govt likely to increase levy on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: The government intends to increase the levy on tobacco products by 30 percent in the upcoming budget in a...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

Business & Finance

PTC launches 'Made in Pakistan 3.0' initiative

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited (PTC) Monday announced the launch of its 'Made in Pakistan 3.0'...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:29am

Pakistan

KP CM against tax on ‘naswar’

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur Friday opposed taxing Naswar in the upcoming budget of...

Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am

Pakistan

Sharp drop in smoking tobacco confirmed: CRD survey

ISLAMABAD: A latest survey by Islamabad’s Centre for Research and Dialogue (CRD) confirmed a significant 18 ...

Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am

Business & Finance

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

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

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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