The activists' concerns align with broader recommendations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has advised Pakistan to overhaul its tax system by increasing taxes on non-essential items like cigarettes.

Joining the cause, the president of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries Saqib Rafique said that the government should plug the gaps in tax collection so that no one is allowed to mould laws in their favor.

The development comes at a time when the Ministry of Finance is struggling to broaden the tax net and plug the loopholes in the tax machinery.

One of the major commuter train systems in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area canceled all services in the US capital and neighborhoods on Friday following a system-wide outage, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) said

Citing safety risks which tobacco companies must address, global tobacco industry watchdog STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in a statement, have urged caution following a rash of reports that tobacco industry practices may be putting their workers at risk for COVID-19

Cheating in metric exams going on with full impunity in some areas of District Rawalpindi