Reports

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 incidents. Government operations uncovered illegal...

Pakistan Needs Permanent Enforcement Against Illegal Trade

Pakistan’s fight against illegal trade should not be treated as a temporary campaign, a...

Pakistan’s Smallest Businesses Carry The Heaviest Burden

Pakistan’s micro businesses are easy to overlook because most do not appear in corporate...

From Fuel To Cigarettes: The Revenue-Sector War Pakistan Must Win To Restore Market Credibility

Pakistan’s illegal economy is not a peripheral border problem. It is...

Predictability Wins Capital: How Legal Business Systems Expand FDI

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is not simply a vote of confidence...

From Cigarettes To Smuggled Fuel: Government Action To Protect Pakistan’s Tax Base

1. Context: Illegal Trade as an Economic and Governance ThreatIllegal trade...

Illegal Cigarette Trade, Tax Losses, And Investor Confidence In Pakistan

Pakistan is working hard to stabilize its economy and attract higher...

Illegal Trade In Pakistan And The Annual Tax Theft Of Rs. 3.4 Trillion

(Following is a summary of PRIME Institute's landmark report on...