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SPDC and WHO Proposes 37% Tobacco Tax Increase to Save Lives and Boost Revenue

Abuzar UsamaMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024May 5, 20240336

Islamabad:The Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC) has proposed 37% increase in Federal Excise Duty (FED) on tobacco products to reinforce the gains already achieved and...

Rise in cigarette prices, 18% Pakistanis quit smoking: CRD Survey

Abuzar UsamaMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024May 5, 20240361

ISLAMABAD: Center for Research and Dialogue (CRD), a Pakistan-based think tank in its recent survey has revealed that following significant increase in cigarette prices, 18...

CM Punjab inaugurates ‘ FMDP’ for people across the province.

Muhammad ibrahimMay 5, 2024May 5, 2024

May 5, 2024May 5, 20240376

LAHORE: The Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz launched ‘Free Medicine Delivery Project’ (FMDP) for people across the Punjab. The Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz personally...

Delegation of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s calls on PM

Abuzar UsamaMay 3, 2024May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024May 3, 20240396

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed the hope that the government, in collaboration with the global partners and national institutions, would be able...

CM Punjab calls on WHO Regional Director.

Muhammad ibrahimMay 3, 2024May 3, 2024

May 3, 2024May 3, 20240462

LAHORE: The Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz has met to World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director in Lahore. The Regional Director of World Health Organization...

Polio virus found in sewerage of District west as anti-polio drive enters fourth day in Karachi

Abuzar UsamaMay 2, 2024May 2, 2024

May 2, 2024May 2, 20240384

Karachi: It was revealed that a polio virus has been found in sewerage of the District West in Karachi. A sample was taken from Khameso...

2nd phase of anti-polio drive begins in KP

Muhammad ibrahimMay 2, 2024May 2, 2024

May 2, 2024May 2, 20240250

PESHAWAR: The second phase of a five-day anti-polio drive begun in five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this morning. As per detail, the second phase of...

Punjab Govt inaugurates newly established field hospitals in Lahore

Abuzar UsamaMay 1, 2024May 1, 2024

May 1, 2024May 1, 20240314

Lahore: Punjab government inaugurated newly established field hospitals in Lahore today. Addressing an inaugural ceremony in Lahore today, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said field...

Heavy rains, hail lashes Madinah, warning issued

Muhammad ibrahimApril 30, 2024April 30, 2024

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The holy city of Madinah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Monday, April 29, witnessed heavy rainfall accompanied by hail, and lightning. Video...

PM meets Bill Gates; urges sustained efforts by partners for polio-free Pakistan

Abuzar UsamaApril 29, 2024April 29, 2024

April 29, 2024April 29, 20240337

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday met the founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates, wherein he called for...

Five children die of measles in Tando Allahyar

Abuzar UsamaApril 28, 2024April 28, 2024

April 28, 2024April 28, 20240343

Tando Allahyar: Five children were died in an out break of measles in Tando Allahyar. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has taken notice...

Training session of first Air Ambulance service commence in Lahore.

Muhammad ibrahimApril 26, 2024April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024April 26, 20240530

LAHORE: The Pakistan’ first Air Ambulance service training session has been launched in Lahore. A special session was held Under the presidency of Punjab Chief...

Heavy rain expected in Balochistan for next 24 hours

Muhammad ibrahimApril 26, 2024April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024April 26, 20240395

QUETTA: The Meterological Department has predicted heavy rain in Balochistan for next 24 hrs. As per Meteorological Department, this pattern is likely to persist for...

Higher taxes, awareness help decrease cigarettes sale in Pakistan

Abuzar UsamaApril 25, 2024April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024April 25, 20240345

Islamabad: The retail volume sales of cigarettes decreased in Pakistan due to higher taxes and awareness amongst cigarette consumers of the potential health risks caused...

Malaria day being observed across the World

Muhammad ibrahimApril 25, 2024April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024April 25, 20240546

ISLAMABAD: The people around the World observing World Malairia day today Upon the occasion of World Malaria day, the Prime minister Shehbaz Shareef express his...

Pakistan among 9 poor countries producing 90 percent cigarettes for world: Study

Abuzar UsamaApril 24, 2024April 24, 2024

April 24, 2024April 24, 20240414

LONDON: A recent international study revealing tobacco production across the world is matter of grave concern. Recently unveiled study of London’s Imperial College on smoking...

Pakistan may lose around 50 billion if 10 sticks cigarette packs are allowed

Abuzar UsamaApril 23, 2024April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024April 23, 20240496

Islamabad: Expressing profound concern, health activists questioned recent efforts by the tobacco industry to introduce 10-stick packs. This move, according to the activists, not only...

Uniform tax be implemented on cigarettes regardless of their national or multinational brand: Expert

Abuzar UsamaApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024April 22, 20240466

Islamabad: It is encouraging that Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has given out hope to the masses that the country could get $3 billion package from...

PM Shehbaz, President Raisi plant a sapling to mark Earth Day

Abuzar UsamaApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024April 22, 20240453

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and visiting Iranian President Syed Ebrahim Raisi on Monday planted a sapling in the lawn of the Prime Minister’s...

Earth day reminder of shared responsibility towards protecting planet, for now, for future generations: PM

Abuzar UsamaApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024April 22, 20240425

Islamabad:Today, we join the international community to mark Earth Day. Commemorating this day is a reminder of our shared responsibility towards protecting our planet –...

International Earth Day being observed today

Abuzar UsamaApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024

April 22, 2024April 22, 20240599

Web Desk: The International Earth Day is being observed on Monday. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/YwHNZcXXsyTaUHzG/?mibextid=oFDknk The theme of the day this year is “Planet vs. Plastics”. The aim...

FED increase on cigarette a must to check rising consumption

Abuzar UsamaApril 21, 2024April 22, 2024

April 21, 2024April 22, 20240428

Islamabad : Snowballing economic burden in terms of public health and economic costs due to rising cigarette consumption has prompted health experts to demand implementation...

Health activists ring alarm over 10-stick cigarette pack

Abuzar UsamaApril 20, 2024April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024April 20, 20240291

Islamabad: Health activists have raised concerns about tobacco companies’ move to introduce 10-stick cigarette packs, fearing a rise in consumption especially among vulnerable groups like...

High FED rates on cigarettes: a win-win for revenue and public health

Abuzar UsamaApril 18, 2024April 19, 2024

April 18, 2024April 19, 20240546

Islamabad: The government’s decision to raise the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes has yielded a notable increase in revenue while simultaneously contributing to a...

Business community expresses concerns on playing with rules, regulations for trade allegedly by cigarette companies

Abuzar UsamaApril 18, 2024April 19, 2024

April 18, 2024April 19, 20240426

Islamabad The concern about playing with rules and regulations for business and trade allegedly by cigarette companies has been rising with each passing day. The...

High Tobacco tax reduces cigarette consumption

Abuzar UsamaApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024

April 17, 2024April 17, 20240409

Islamabad: The consumption of cigarettes in Pakistan has witnessed a significant decline after the government took a bold decision to increase taxes and address the...

75 years of rains record break in UAE as unprecedented rains wreak havoc

Abuzar UsamaApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024

April 17, 2024April 17, 20240597

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates witnessed record-breaking and highest levels of rainfall for the first time in 75 years with even Dubai flooding under...

NDMA alerts for intense rainfall, thunderstorms from April 17

Abuzar UsamaApril 17, 2024April 17, 2024

April 17, 2024April 17, 20240379

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as per the latest projections from the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) and multiple weather models, in its...

IMF Urges Pakistan to tax non-essential items including cigarettes

Abuzar UsamaApril 15, 2024April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024April 15, 20240504

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Pakistan to overhaul tax machinery and to tax non-essential items including cigarettes to boost revenue and improve...

More rain with windstorm, thunderstorm likely in most parts of country

Abuzar UsamaApril 15, 2024April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024April 15, 20240451

Islamabad: More rain with windstorm and thunderstorm is likely in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Islamabad, Punjab, Gilgit-Baltistan and upper/southwestern Balochistan during the next twelve hours. Heavyfalls and...

Single-tier structure and high taxes: the recipe to curb cigarette consumption

Abuzar UsamaApril 12, 2024April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024April 12, 20240514

Islamabad – In a bid to combat the alarming rates of cigarette consumption in Pakistan, experts and health advocates have put their weight behind the...

Met dept predicts rains in Karachi and other cities of Sindh from Saturday

Abuzar UsamaApril 12, 2024April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024April 12, 20240345

Karachi: Rains predicted in different cities of Sindh including Karachi from tomorrow, Saturday. According to the meterological department the westerly breeze are constantly effecting the...

Think tank raises alarm against pushing the government to deviate from WHO guidelines

Abuzar UsamaApril 9, 2024April 9, 2024

April 9, 2024April 9, 20240411

Islamabad: Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has raised alarm against the surge in the campaign by multinational cigarette companies to resist the guidelines set...

150 children die every day owing to birth defects.

Muhammad ibrahimApril 8, 2024April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024April 8, 20240465

ISLAMABAD: Approximately 150 children die daily due to various birth defects in Pakistan Renowned pediatric surgeon and President of the Association of Pediatric Surgeons of...

What could be the possible white powder received by Judges?

Muhammad ibrahimApril 8, 2024April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024April 8, 20240438

ISLAMABAD: At the beginning of the week, all 8 judges of the Islamabad High Court received envelopes containing suspicious white powder, The powder could be...

Punjab Govt decides to impose a complete ban on the use of plastic bags in Punjab

Muhammad ibrahimApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024April 7, 20240383

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decide to impose a complete ban over the use of plastic bag in the province. Senior Minister of Punjab, Maryam...

Tobacco industry engaged in malicious campaign to hurt anti-tobacco narrative

Abuzar UsamaApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024April 7, 20240341

ISLAMABAD,: Serious concerns have been raised by public health activists in Pakistan over persistent attempts of the tobacco industry to derail tobacco control efforts in...

PM vows to ensure health facilities for masses

Abuzar UsamaApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024April 7, 20240454

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has renewed the commitment of his Government to provide and ensure health facilities for all of our population. In his...

World Health Day being observed across globe today

Abuzar UsamaApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024April 7, 20240795

Web Desk: The World Health Day is being observed across the globe today. Theme for the day this year is ‘My health, my right’. This...

CRD demand action against tobacco companies on violation of tax laws

Abuzar UsamaApril 7, 2024April 7, 2024

April 7, 2024April 7, 20240543

Islamabad: The Centre for Research an FCd Dialogue (CRD) has asked the finance minister for action against violation of the country’s tax laws by multinational...

Doctors at PIMS Hospital declared Bushra Bibi’s health satisfactory.

Muhammad ibrahimApril 5, 2024April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024April 5, 20240499

ISLAMABAD: The team of doctors at Pims Hospital declared the health of Bushra Bibi, wife of founder PTI Imran Khan, satisfactoryAccording to the report, 4...

Speakers urge uptick in FED on cigarettes to mitigate pervasive health hazards

Abuzar UsamaApril 4, 2024April 4, 2024

April 4, 2024April 4, 20240597

Islamabad: Speakers at a seminar highlighted the impact of increase on tobacco taxation and its effect on health cost, economic and social factors and demanded...

Health activists stress importance of Tobacco Tax increase for Public Relief on essential commodities

Abuzar UsamaApril 3, 2024April 3, 2024

April 3, 2024April 3, 202401623

Islamabad: Health activists emphasized the critical need for the government to prioritize health and economic agendas by increasing taxes on cigarettes. In a press release...

What is biological weapon “Anthracis” how does it work?

Muhammad ibrahimApril 2, 2024April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024April 2, 20240604

WEB DESK: The “Anthracis Powder” is the kind of ‘bacteria’ that can be spread by food, water or air, its germs can reach the pores...

2 person wounds owing to flying of a kite on the Dorgali in Lahore

Muhammad ibrahimMarch 31, 2024March 31, 2024

March 31, 2024March 31, 20240431

LAHORE: Punjab Govt has taken strict action against kite flying people, but despite of all 2 person were injured due to the flying of a...

Uniform Cigarette Taxation: solution to Economic Losses and Health Concerns

Abuzar UsamaMarch 29, 2024March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024March 29, 20240489

Islamabad – Pakistan has suffered significant economic losses due to the dominance of the cigarette industry, high consumption rates and subsequent health cost over the...

Heavy rainfall predicts in various parts of country.

Muhammad ibrahimMarch 29, 2024March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024March 29, 20240424

ISLAMABAD: The Meteorology Department has forecast continued clouds cover and intermittent sunshine in many areas throughout the upcoming week. The Meteorology Department has forecast continued...

Expert says 26.6% uptick in FED on cigarettes can recover 19.8% healthcare cost of diseases caused by smoking

Abuzar UsamaMarch 28, 2024March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024March 28, 20240584

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has urged the government to reduce the health cost burden by increasing...

Implementation of IMF proposal for tobocco tax reforms urged

Abuzar UsamaMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024

March 27, 2024March 27, 20240516

Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended implementing a uniform tax structure on the tobacco industry to increase revenue. The report titled ‘Pakistan –...

Taxing cigarettes in Pakistan declined smoking by 20 to 25 pc, reveals IMF

Abuzar UsamaMarch 25, 2024March 25, 2024

March 25, 2024March 25, 20240501

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that following a significant increase in prices or taxes on tobacco products, the consumption of cigarettes in...

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