Editor’s Note: The tobacco smugglers, they’re not the good guys.
From: The Nation [Pakistan]
ISLAMABAD – The coordinated steps taken by the Directorate General of Customs Intelligence and Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation (Inland Revenue) will play a key role in controlling the illicit trade of cigarettes in Pakistan, which in 2014, alone, caused to the government the revenue loss of over Rs 24 billion.
***
The report further disclosed that the manufacturing and distribution of locally manufactured, tax-evaded cigarettes in Pakistan was not a covert activity but this supply chain was well established across the country and was operating seamlessly.
