Tag: cigarettes

  • Constable opens fire on jailed man for asking for a cigarette repeatedly

    A cop opened fire on a prisoner at a police station in Lahore after he repeatedly asked the officer for a cigarette.

    According to reports, the incident took place at Chuhang police station in Lahore, where Constable Waris wounded an imprisoned man, Zeeshan, who was taken into custody relating to electricity theft.

    “The constable opened fire after the inmate repeatedly asked for a cigarette from Waris, who was appointed at the security of a lockup at the police station,” they said.

    The injured was taken to a hospital for medical treatment as police arrested the cop for injuring a prisoner and registered a case against him.

    The police said that they would investigate the incident and determine if it was over mere refusing a cigarette or anything else.

    The doctors, who treated the injured accused, said that he was currently out of danger.

  • Pakistan to export cigarettes worth $50 million

    Pakistan to export cigarettes worth $50 million

    In a first, Pakistan has received a major export order for cigarettes worth $50 million from Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia.

    According to media reports, Pakistani tobacco companies had also received an import order earlier, however, they were unable to meet the quality standards and the entire stock had to be discarded.

    “All the standards set by the importers have now been met successfully and we are expecting the export of cigarettes to Middle Eastern countries to start by next month,” reports quoted sources in Pakistan Tobacco Board as saying.

    According to the report, Pakistan has a market share of around $25 million in the $80 billion trade of tobacco. The country has been exporting tobacco (unfinished) worth $25 million to the Middle East and some European countries, which is almost 30% of the tobacco being produced in the country.

    The rest of it is used locally.