وفد سے ملاقات، معاشی اصلاحات، این ایف سی اور موسمیاتی چیلنجز پر گفتگو SPDC وزیر خزانہ محمد اورنگزیب کی https://lafz.com.pk/news/25529/finance-minister-meets-spdc-delegation-discusses-economic-refor...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Monday held a detailed and wide-ranging meeting with a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), led by its Chairman, Javed Jabbar. The delegation included SPDC Board Members Ahmed Farooq Baza...
ISLAMABAD: The Centre has notified eight committees of the National Finance Commission (NFC), including one on debt utilisation and the transfer of expenditures to provinces, following the attorney general's support for the federal government against Sindh's objections. The development came as Pa...
Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, today met a delegation of the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) led by Chairman Mr. Javed Jabbar to discuss Pakistan’s key structural, fiscal, and socio-economic challenges and avenues for evidence-based policy suppo...
اسلام آباد:وفاقی وزیرِ خزانہ سینیٹر محمد اورنگزیب نے کہا ہے کہ اصلاحات کا مقصد روزگار میں کمی نہیں بلکہ سرکاری اداروں میں موجود نااہلی، مالی ضیاع اور غیر ضروری سبسڈی...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 (INP-Wealth Pakistan): Pakistan’s fiscal model has become unsustainable and requires urgent, consensus-driven reform to ensure fair development and stronger national unity. This was the central message of a high-level webinar titled “Unlocking Pakistan’s Financial Future: The...
The recent establishment of the Tax Policy Office (TPO)—separating the critical function of tax policy design from the revenue collection mandate of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)—is more than a bureaucratic reshuffle; it constitutes a litmus test for economic governance in Pakistan. This in...
سندھ بجٹ: معاشی ترقی کیلئے دور دراز علاقوں کو شہری مراکز سے جوڑا جائے: جامعہ لطیف کے تحت آن لائن سیشن https://theindustribune.com/2025/07/09/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D9%B9-%D9%85%D8%B9%...
As Pakistan continues to navigate persistent fiscal challenges, the recent budget documents for FY 2025-26, presented this month, contain an astonishing anomaly that demands immediate attention. It concerns the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes – a seemingly mundane line item that, upon clos...
KARACHI: The tobacco industry is facing criticism for allegedly manipulating data to pressure the government and IMF into reducing taxes, including a proposal to cut the Federal Excise Duty (FED) from Rs5,050 to Rs3,800 per 1,000 sticks, potentially making cigarettes cheaper and more accessible. ...
ISLAMABAD, May 30 (APP):Experts from leading policy think tanks and health advocates joined forces on Friday to spotlight the manipulation and interference of the tobacco industry in Pakistan’s tax policy—just ahead of the federal and provincial budget announcements. The seminar titled “Unm...
Over the past few weeks, an extensive media campaign has been launched, making exaggerated claims about the illegal cigarette trade and advocating for tax reductions. This campaign has been widely publicized, attempting to paint a picture of rampant illicit trade in the cigarette market, allegedly c...
Article available on Opinion - Page-5 of The Patriot epaper https://dailythepatriot.com/epaper/editions/daily-the-patriot-13-05-2025/...
The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), in collaboration with the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), launched “The Price of Health: Cigarette Tax Simulation Model 2025–26.” This model provides evidence-based insights into how effective tobacco taxation can ...
LAHORE: The Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), a policy research institute has expressed serious concerns over the country’s worsening tobacco epidemic, a crisis that continues to claim lives, burden the economy, and threaten the nation’s future. https://www.brecorder.com/...
