Pakistan – The Capital Calling

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...

May 15, 2024
Dr Hassan Shehzad
Education, Food & Consumption

Health activists proposed 26% increase on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), held a briefing session with journalists on Wednesday at local hotel in which it was shared that...

May 15, 2024
Dr Hassan Shehzad
Business & Trade, Climate Change

About time IMF stay put on its recommendation for uniformed tax on tobacco products

ISLAMABAD: In a pre-budget discussion, arranged by Business Recorder in Lahore, former finance minister Dr Hafiz A Pasha proposed to the incumbent minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, who was also present...

May 14, 2024
Dr Hassan Shehzad
Life Style & Landscape

Increase cigarette prices to save lives, accademicians appeal to government

International Monitory Fund (IMF) has pressed on the “need to limit tax incentives to cases where their economic benefits, such as employment generation and value addition to the economy,...

May 8, 2024
Dr Hassan Shehzad
Public Health

Is cigarette mafia working to snatch what IMF calls Pakistan’s ‘hard-won stability’?

Islamabad: Following the discussion of the Executive Board of the IMF, Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director and Chair, has pressed on the country to “capitalize on this hard‑won stability…with...

October 27, 2023
Capital Calling
Regional & Global, US & EU

Time for caretakers to put diplomacy in top gear to win support in Washington

Two developments that took place on Wednesday in Washington have far-reaching effects for the world. Their impact will be felt in the regional conflicts that surround Pakistan. In the...