{"id":102235,"date":"2026-02-26T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=102235"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:04:22","slug":"expired-smuggled-cigarettes-scandal-fbr-raid-exposes-illegal-repackaging-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/expired-smuggled-cigarettes-scandal-fbr-raid-exposes-illegal-repackaging-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Expired Smuggled Cigarettes Scandal: FBR Raid Exposes Illegal Repackaging In Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"806\"><strong data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"590\">Expired Smuggled Cigarettes Scandal<\/strong> has surfaced in Pakistan after the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) uncovered alleged illegal repackaging of foreign cigarette brands. The operation took place at a tobacco company in Karachi\u2019s Export Processing Zone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"1027\">According to officials, FBR enforcement teams raided M\/s Pioneer Tobacco &amp; Trading Company. The raid resulted in the seizure of about 4.5 million foreign cigarette sticks. These included well-known international brands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1207\">Authorities also recovered cigarette filters, packing material, and expired sheesha flavors. Officials suspect these items were used to repackage and relabel old cigarette stock.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1388\">Sources said expired or near-expiry cigarettes are often purchased cheaply from international black markets. These products are then brought into Pakistan and prepared for resale.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1390\" data-end=\"1518\">Experts explain that cigarettes have a limited shelf life. After expiry, tobacco quality declines and may become unsafe for use.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1520\" data-end=\"1682\">Officials believe Export Processing Zone incentives may have been misused. These incentives allow tax-free imports and exports to support business and investment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1868\">Investigations also revealed links between several tobacco companies connected to the same business group. Meanwhile, one company has obtained a court stay order to stop further raids.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"2028\">Authorities say illegal cigarette trade causes huge tax losses to Pakistan. Officials have confirmed that enforcement action will continue to stop violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expired Smuggled Cigarettes Scandal has surfaced in Pakistan after the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) uncovered alleged illegal repackaging of foreign cigarette brands. The operation took place at a tobacco company in Karachi\u2019s Export Processing Zone. According to officials, FBR enforcement teams raided M\/s Pioneer Tobacco &amp; Trading Company. The raid resulted in the seizure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":102236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[36555,36557,36553,36558,36554,36556],"class_list":["post-102235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-expired-cigarettes-pakistan","tag-export-processing-zone-karachi","tag-fbr-raid-karachi","tag-illegal-cigarette-trade-pakistan","tag-smuggled-cigarettes-pakistan","tag-tobacco-scandal-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102237,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102235\/revisions\/102237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}