Govt’s commitment to control tobacco use in country lauded Islamabad May 17, 2021 Islamabad : Health advocates on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Imran Khan for his withdrawal from a webinar that was being organised by an international tobacco company, terming it a government’s commitment to control tobacco use in the country. The activists said the PM’s attendance would have sent a wrong message to the international community as this was a violation of the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The online webinar – which takes place this week – is about Asia’s role in global recovery in the post-COVID era, and will involve heads of cabinet from Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Nepal, among other countries. This event is being sponsored by a Japanese tobacco company.