FBR opens bids for tracking cigarette manufacturing

Result­s reveal tax author­ities may face legal battle from some conten­ders

• ICTA seizes foreign cigarette cache 

  Also checks for the sale of illegal tobacco near educational institutions

• Smuggled cigarettes seized

  District management to pay special focus on checking sale of illegal tobacco products near educational institutions

• Curbs on cigarettes sale ‘ineffective’ in Islamabad

  Ban on detrimental products was enforced for a short time by the past regimes & then abandoned due to vested interest