Public Awareness’s Role in Tobacco Harm Reduction
In Pakistan, public discussions around smoking tend to focus solely on quitting. However, millions of adult smokers continue to rely on combustible tobacco, even when they are aware of its…
Karachi Customs Enforcement Cracks Down on Smuggling: Tyres and Chewing Tobacco Worth Over Rs. 113 Million Seized
In a series of successful operations, the Customs Enforcement Karachi has dealt a significant blow to smuggling networks, recovering smuggled goods valued at over Rs. 113 million. Under the leadership…
Farmers Fear Financial Crisis as Government Moves to Dissolve PTB
Tobacco farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) are deeply concerned about the government’s decision to dissolve the Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB), fearing that it will lead to financial hardship, market instability,…
De La Rue awarded digital tax stamp solution contract by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
BASINGSTOKE, UK: De La Rue, the world’s premier security solutions provider, has announced that it has signed a five year contract with the General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT)…
FBR to outsource electronic tax stamping of tobacco, beverages, sugar, fertilizer and cement
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to outsource, through licensing, the electronic monitoring, tracking and tracing of production, import and supply chain of tobacco products, beverages, sugar,…
ASO Lahore recovers contrabands worth Rs70 million
KARACHI: The Anti-smuggling organization (ASO) Lahore has recovered a large quantity of contraband items worth Rs70 million from a warehouse inside Mochi gate and arrested two persons in this regard.…
ASO Preventive recovers betel nut, tobacco worth millions
KARACHI: Anti-smuggling organization (ASO) Preventive Karachi has seized large quantity of betel nut, grinded tobacco, chemical and printed packing material from a warehouse situated at the compound of M/s A.G,…