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FTT Lauds Government Enforcement As Legal Tobacco Sector Adds Rs. 41 Billion To National Revenue
Islamabad, Pakistan, July 29, 2026: Fair Trade in Tobacco has welcomed the substantial increase in tax revenue generated by Pakistan’s documented tobacco sector, describing it as evidence that consistent...
Raids Without Convictions: How The Illegal Cigarette Mafia Survives
Pakistan’s campaign against illegal cigarettes produces a steady stream of raids, seizures, sealed factories, confiscated machinery, and official declarations. What it rarely produces in the public record is a...
Government Must Intensify Action Against Illegal Cigarette Networks
Islamabad, Pakistan, July 16, 2026: Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT) has expressed serious concern over the reported theft and misappropriation of 2,828 cartons of cigarettes, valued at approximately Rs....
Selective Tobacco Advocacy Is Helping The Illegal Cigarette Mafia Win
Pakistan’s tobacco debate becomes distorted every year when the budget season approaches. A familiar network of Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar-based advocacy organizations begins pressing the government for higher taxes...
FTT Rejects SPARC’s Donor-Driven Tobacco Tax Narrative, Calls It A Manufactured Attack on Pakistan’s Legal Tobacco Sector
Islamabad, Pakistan, July 9, 2026: Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT) has strongly rejected the latest statement issued by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child...
Government Urged To Examine Funding Behind Selective Tobacco Activism
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 26, 2026: Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT) has strongly questioned the latest campaign by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the Social Policy and Development...
Facts, Not Political Pressure, Must Guide Tobacco Policy: Muhammad Amin
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 18, 2026: Muhammad Amin, Chairman of Fair Trade in Tobacco Pakistan, has called upon the federal government to reject every form of political pressure that may...
Do Not Let The Illegal Tobacco Mafia Stop Enforcement
The recent appeal made in the name of tobacco farmers and local industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should be examined with care. Tobacco farmers deserve fair treatment, lawful market access,...
Do Not Fall For The Illegal Cigarette Mafia’s Farmer Cover
A recent public appeal addressed to the Prime Minister, the Federal Minister for Finance, and Pakistan’s senior defense leadership should be read with caution. It claims to speak for...
FTT Rejects “Farmers’ Appeal” Narrative, Urges Government To Continue Enforcement Against Illegal Tobacco Trade
Islamabad, Pakistan, June 4, 2026: Muhammad Amin, Chairman of Fair Trade in Tobacco, strongly rejected the narrative presented in a recent public appeal issued in the name of tobacco...
Pakistan Must Not Let Donor-Driven Tobacco Activism Distract From Illegal Trade
The annual tobacco tax campaign has returned at exactly the time when Pakistan’s budget machinery is most exposed to external pressure.On May 7, 2026, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute...
FTT Says SDPI’s Tobacco Tax Push “Donor-Aligned Policy Pressure” Detached From Pakistan’s Market Reality
Islamabad, Pakistan, May 8, 2026: Muhammad Amin, Chairman of Fair Trade in Tobacco (FTT), strongly rejected the latest call by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) for higher tobacco...
Cigarettes, Corridors, And Complicity: What The Police Crackdown Suggests
The suspension of 22 police officials in Karachi, including six SHOs, looks less like a routine disciplinary matter and more like a sign that the state has started to...
Pakistan’s Cigarette Market Has A Warning Problem
Pakistan’s Graphical Health Warning requirement is not a minor packaging rule. It is one of the clearest legal markers of whether a cigarette pack belongs inside the regulated market....
Tobacco Control By Convening: What SPARC’s Government-Facing Strategy Reveals
SPARC, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, is a long-standing Pakistani civil society organization that positions tobacco control as a child-rights issue, emphasizing youth...