Pakistan, May 21 -- Chairman of the Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT), Ameen Virk, while speaking to senior journalists in Islamabad, welcomed the Government of Pakistan and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for their consistent and determined enforcement efforts against illegal tobacco trade and tax evasion in the country. He termed these efforts "essential and long overdue" and underscored the need to continue this momentum without compromise.
"We appreciate the resolve shown by the FBR and federal authorities to act against the illegal cigarette trade and bring tax evaders to justice," Virk said. "This is not a peripheral issue. Pakistan is estimated to be losing nearly Rs. 400 billion annually because of illegal cigarette manufacturing and ...