Capital Calling – The Capital Calling

February 9, 2025
Capital Calling
Execution, Health

Capital Calling and Dr. Hassan Shehzad’s change-making activism for tobacco cessation

Successful drives for increase in FED on cigarettes in 2023 budget; convincing IMF to propose higher tobacco tax and the government to accept IMF proposals 2024 budget About 100...

January 7, 2025
Capital Calling
Clean & Green

Reported misconduct of Vital Strategies, CTFK comes as a shock

Islamabad: The reported order by the Ministry of Interior to halt activities of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK) and Vital Strategies has raised concerns. These two International Non-Governmental...

May 29, 2024
Capital Calling
Business & Trade, Conflict Communication, Public Diplomacy

Capital Calling denounces illicit trade, demands tax raise on tobacco

IMF proposal for uniformed tax on cigarettes rational: Dr Hassan Shehzad Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has Appreciated the reports suggesting that the International Monitory Fund (IMF) has...

May 26, 2024
Capital Calling
Listening Post

Call to increase tobacco tax to counter smoking

Islamabad – May 26, 2024: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) organized a policy dialogue on tobacco taxation to highlight the contribution of...

May 23, 2024
Capital Calling
Business & Trade, Commodification & Politicization

Capital Calling concerned over illicit trade of tobacco products in Pakistan

Capital Calling, an Islamabad-based think tank, has expressed concern on the findings of the World Health Organization (WHO) stating that “illicit trade market in Pakistan (of tobacco products) ranges...

May 16, 2024
Capital Calling
Health, Public Health

WHO release report on illicit cigarettes in Islamabad

INP ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report debunking the myths about illicit trade of cigarettes in the market created by multinational companies.It says that “illicit...

November 5, 2023
Capital Calling
Uncategorized

Will Fawad be held accountable for manipulations in information ministry?

Finally, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry has been arrested in Islamabad. He was facing charges in cases ranging from terrorism to contempt of state institutions. Fawad is an impulsive...

November 2, 2023
Capital Calling
Regional & Global

Turbat: Graveyard of Seraiki laborers from Wasaib

Crushed by Iran and Pakistan, this Baloch insurgency, however, has historically found some resting place on the Afghan side of the border, especially whenever Pakistani grip on Afghan affairs...

November 1, 2023
Capital Calling
Education, Higher Education, US & EU

Kakar’s cathartic show at LUMS not very impressive

Catharsis is a key concept in psychology. It has penetrated in media and literature. Pakistani media thrives on it. The Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar pulled a stunt...

October 30, 2023
Capital Calling
Commodification & Politicization

Jehangir Tareen cannot go on with PTI narrative in IPP jalsa

The first power show of the Istahqam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) has proved to be a flop if we evaluate it on the basis of public participation. The party could not...