Pakistan govt puts expensive cigarette brands in lower tax slab
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 5 (ANI): Pakistan government has quietly increased the threshold for higher duties on expensive cigarette brands to keep smoking affordable in the country. The government was charging an excise duty of Rs 5,200 per 1,000 cigarettes, however, to bring a few expensive brands into the lower tax slab, the government increased the taxable threshold for the upper brand cigarettes from the printed pric