KP Assembly Demands Tax on Tobacco Transported to Other Provinces
Members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly have urged the provincial government to impose a tax on tobacco transported to other provinces for cigarette manufacturing, highlighting concerns over economic imbalance and farmer losses. During a session chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, lawmakers pointed out that KP produces the majority of Pakistan’s tobacco, particularly flue-cured…