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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 / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 22	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 22	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 22	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 22	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 21	5,948.71
Nasdaq / Nov 21	18,972.42
Dow Jones / Nov 21	43,870.35
India Sensex / Nov 22	78,147.34
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,170.91
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,202.46
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,225.74

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 22	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 22	70.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 22	2,691.90
Diesel/Litre / Nov 22	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	95,563,962 ▲ 0.00
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Nov 22 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	51,499,190 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	48,260,119 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	44,585,332 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 22 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	42,849,466 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 22 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	41,650,133 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 22 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	33,841,692 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	25,303,681 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,120,112 ▲ 0.00

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