KARACHI: The sale of smuggled cigarettes has been reached 43 percent for the last six years, according to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data.
According to additional commissioner Regional Tax Office-III (RTO_III), the sale of illegal cigarettes witnesses a downward trend and it will comedown further with the passage of time.
As per details, due to the illegal sale of cigarettes, the government is bearing a loss of Rs 24 billion. More than 23 percent cigarettes are being sold in the country illegally, the data showed.
Presently, the FBR has started a number of campaigns to curb the smuggling and sale of cigarettes across the country but nothing has been improved so far.
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