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Experts recommend alternate tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Health experts stressed the need for educating healthcare providers on Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR)...

Published 10 Nov, 2024 02:51am

Pakistan

Health activists propose higher taxes on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received a budget proposal from health advocates to increase taxes...

Published 02 Jun, 2024 02:53am

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

Uniform tax on tobacco products: Capital Calling hails IMF suggestion

ISLAMABAD: Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has appreciated the reports suggesting that the...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

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

Hike in FED, GST on tobacco in budget: Shehla urges MPs, stakeholders to join efforts

ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly Shehla Raza Friday asked the parliamentarians and stakeholders to join efforts...

Published 18 May, 2024 05:45am

Business & Finance

Illicit cigarette market not as large as tobacco industry claims: WHO

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) new study found that there is no evidence that Pakistan’s...

Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

Cigarettes remain top revenue spinner of FED

ISLAMABAD: The cigarettes remained top revenue spinner of federal excise duty (FED) after raise of FED rates on...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Budget FY25: academia advocate increase in taxes on tobacco items

ISLAMABAD: The call for raising taxes on tobacco is gaining momentum among academia, who Tuesday endorsed tax policy...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

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

Opinion

Electronic cigarettes and devices: Menace spreading at warp speed

The health implications of electronic cigarettes, often referred to as e-cigarettes or vapes, have been the focus of...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 05:37am

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

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

‘Illicit cigarettes to inflict Rs300bn annual loss on kitty’

ISLAMABAD: The documented tobacco industry has estimated to pay Rs242 billion federal excise duty/sales tax in the...

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 08:46am

Pakistan

Customs seizes Rs27.12m worth of tobacco products

KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs Enforcement, Karachi on Monday seized a significant quantity of smuggled...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Pakistan

Illicit cigarette industry: Govt likely to announce support to small shopkeepers

ISLAMABAD: The government is expected to announce support and assistance to small shopkeepers across the country to...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Business & Finance

Market share of smuggled cigarettes likely to increase by 50pc

LAHORE: Illicit cigarette brands account for a significant portion of the market, and the tax discrepancy caused by...

Published 10 May, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

Tobacco products: Govt urged to further increase taxes

ISLAMABAD: Anti-tobacco activists and health experts on Tuesday asked the government to further increase taxes on...

Published 10 May, 2023 06:03am

Pakistan

Health activists praise PM for raising FED on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Health activists highly appreciated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s fiscal policy stance of raising...

Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am

Business & Finance

FBR urged to investigate smuggling of imported cigarettes

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) should immediately investigate allegations whether the imported...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

FED on tobacco products: Govt may get additional revenue of Rs60bn

ISLAMABAD: The government has estimated to generate an additional revenue of at least Rs60 billion following raise...

Updated 02 May, 2023 08:50am

Pakistan

Tobacco control bodies call for regulation of cigarettes’ sale

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco Control, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has called for passage of...

Published 10 Apr, 2023 06:45am

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

Anti-smoking activists hail FED hike on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Anti-smoking activists and public health advocates on Thursday welcomed government’s initiative to ...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

Call for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco products to curb fatal diseases

ISLAMABAD. Health professionals while stressing the need for imposing hefty taxation on tobacco and tobacco products...

Published 24 Dec, 2022 07:22am

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

KP govt urged to impose ban on novel tobacco products

PESHAWAR: Members of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have widely hailed the federal government for increasing tax...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

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

Pakistan

Experts praise increase in taxes on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Health experts have expressed satisfaction over government’s decision to increase taxation on tobacco...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 3	277.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 3	277.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 3	150.01
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 3	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 3	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 3	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	6,047.15
Nasdaq / Dec 2	19,403.95
Dow Jones / Dec 2	44,782
India Sensex / Dec 3	80,853.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 3	39,248.86
Hang Seng / Dec 3	19,694.44
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,345.09
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,011.64

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Petrol/Litre / Dec 3	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 3	68.37
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 3	2,645.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 3	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.30 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	630 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	67.69 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,118.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.14 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	213,514,857 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	196,907,321 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	68,325,507 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	66,212,972 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	65,264,278 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Dec 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	61,288,845 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 3 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	49,268,731 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	46,902,495 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Cement / Dec 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	31,910,059 ▲ 0.00

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