Saturday, January 17, 2026
Alert: Pakistan annually loses over $68 billion to illegal business mafias.

ACT Alliance Welcomes Expanded Enforcement Via Track And Trace System Against Illegal Trade

Islamabad - ACT Alliance Pakistan welcomes the Government of Pakistan’s continued crackdown against illegal trade, smuggling, and tax evasion, and strongly supports the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan Customs for moving enforcement from episodic actions to systems-based compliance. The decision to further strengthen the Track and Trace System (TTS) and electronic monitoring of production across high-risk, revenue-significant sectors is a practical step...

Smuggled Electronics: A Silent Drain On Pakistan’s Economy

Pakistan’s electronics market has long been split between formal and grey channels, with smuggled goods occupying a significant share of retail shelves. Mobile phones,...

Green Leaf Threshing: The Tobacco Supply Chain Chokepoint Where Track And Trace Can Deliver Real Compliance

Green Leaf Threshing (GLT) is the most concentrated, controllable chokepoint in Pakistan’s tobacco supply chain. A GLT unit is where harvested tobacco leaf is received, graded, threshed, and converted into “processed...
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Illegal Business Practices And Investor Confidence in Pakistan

Investor confidence in Pakistan is already fragile because of repeated macroeconomic crises, political uncertainty, and governance gaps. On top of this, a very large...

Smuggled Fuel And The Price Of Pakistan’s Illegal POL Trade

Illegal trade in petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL) has become one of Pakistan’s most damaging underground businesses, distorting energy markets, draining public revenue, and...