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Illegal Trade in Petroleum, Real Estate, And Tobacco Requires Sustained Enforcement
Islamabad - Mubashir Akram, Country Director, ACT Alliance Pakistan, has called for stronger, sustained, and better-resourced enforcement against Pakistan’s illegal economy, saying that illegal...
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FDI Follows Compliance: How Illegal Markets In Tobacco, Tea, And Consumer Goods Damage Pakistan’s Investment Case
Pakistan’s ability to attract sustained foreign direct investment depends less on headline incentives and more on whether investors believe the rules will be applied...
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Tobacco Shadow Economy Requires Permanent Enforcement Model: ACT Alliance
Islamabad - Speaking at a session hosted by a private university in Islamabad, Mubashir Akram, Country Director, ACT Alliance Pakistan, said that illegal trade...
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Pakistan’s Shadow Tobacco Economy: The Rs. 400 Billion Tax Gap That Keeps Growing
Pakistan’s tobacco sector has become one of the most frequently cited examples of a shadow economy that has grown large enough to distort fiscal...
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Pakistan’s Small-Car Market: Growth, Imports, And The Hidden Cost Of Non-Custom Paid Vehicles
Pakistan’s small-car market has become the country’s most telling test of whether regulation rewards compliance or rewards avoidance. Demand has rebounded, financing has returned,...
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ACT Alliance Pakistan Urges Sustained Enforcement Against Illegal Trade To Protect The Tax Base
Islamabad - Mubashir Akram, Country Director, ACT Alliance Pakistan, has called for sustained, nationwide enforcement against all forms of illegal trade and tax evasion,...
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A US$5.89 Billion Opportunity At Risk: How Illegal Shoes Undercut Pakistan’s Industry
Pakistan’s footwear economy is larger than many policy conversations recognize. That scale is exactly why counterfeit and smuggled shoes have become a material problem...
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Pakistan’s Tyre Market, And The Cost Of Letting Illegal Supply Dominate
In Karachi’s Old Sabzi Mandi tyre market, enforcement teams have repeatedly found the same pattern: warehouses stacked with foreign-origin, used tyres that are not...