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‘Pakistan gets smallest chunk from IT freelance market’ National March 11, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The KP government, Human Development Foundation (HDF) and the Creative Innovative Unit (CIU), have jointly established a freelancing centre in Mardan and for that a ceremony was held on Wednesday to sign an MoU. Addressing on the occasion, the adviser to the CM KPK on Science, Technology and IT, Zia Ullah Khan Bangash, said the provincial government has been paying special attention to freelancing trades, while Haripur has been given the status of Pakistan's first digital city and special technol...

Government Urged to Increase FED on Tobacco by 30% Tobacco control activists urged the government to increase federal excise duty (FED) on tobacco products in Pakistan, including smokeless tobacco products, at a seminar held in Islamabad. Over 22 million (19 percent) Pakistani adults currently use some form of tobacco. Almost one-third of Pakistani men (32.4 percent) and 5.7 percent of women smoke tobacco. The advocates of tobacco control demanded at least a 30 percent increase in the federal excise duty (FED) for each slab of cigarettes to enhance revenue collection and lower the consumption...

‘Tobacco sector data misleading’ January 22, 2021 KARACHI: Misreporting of facts regarding tobacco sector is misleading policymakers and encouraging illicit trade of cigarettes in Pakistan, a media advocacy official said on Thursday. “Instead of raising public awareness to curb the smoking trend, few organizations are presenting misleading statistics to the government and policy makers,” said Amna Saleen, a representative of Stop Illegal Trade (SIT) Pakistan, in a statement. “Surprisingly, well known platforms for economic research and government consulting are being used in this ...

Implementation of HLB on cigarettes urged Islamabad January 13, 2021 Islamabad : Health and tobacco control activists urged the government on Tuesday to take notice of the delay in implementation of Health Levy Bill (HLB) on cigarettes and sugary drinks that was approved by the federal cabinet in 2019. Addressing a press conference here at National Press Club Islamabad, Human Development Foundation (HDF), Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) and Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) asked the government to recall about the Health Levy Bill, passed by the cabinet i...

Levy on cigarettes and sugary drinks had been approved by cabinet in 2019