Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed authorities concerned to accelerate actions against tax evasion, under-invoicing, and other irregularities across all sectors amid strict legal action against those involved in the sale and purchase of illegally manufactured cigarettes and other non-duty-paid goods. The directives were issued by the prime minister after a high-level meeting […]
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The myth of illicit cigarette trade
Pakistan is a signatory to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which calls on member states to take measures to discourage smoking. One of the measures it suggests is an increase in taxes on tobacco products so that they become expensive for buyers. (That demand for a product decreases as its price […]