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Illegal Trade Will Derail Pakistan’s Trillion-Dollar Economic Ambition
A Year That Exposed the Scale of the ProblemDuring FY2025–26, Pakistan’s illegal trade problem became harder to dismiss as a collection of isolated smuggling...
Reports
Pakistan Needs Permanent Enforcement Against Illegal Trade
Pakistan’s fight against illegal trade should not be treated as a temporary campaign, a revenue stunt, or a seasonal administrative drive. It should become...
Reports
Pakistan’s Smallest Businesses Carry The Heaviest Burden
Pakistan’s micro businesses are easy to overlook because most do not appear in corporate surveys, stock-market reports, or investment announcements. Yet they are everywhere:...
Briefs
Three Sectors, Trillions At Risk: The Case For Permanent Enforcement
Pakistan’s illegal economy is not a collection of isolated market violations. It is a system that rewards tax evasion, weakens lawful businesses, diverts capital...
Press Releases
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...
Press Releases
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...
Briefs
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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