Senate committee calls for 100pc hike in FED on cigarettes.

ISLAMABAD -- The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has approved a recommendation for an increase in the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on cigarettes.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Kalsoom Perveen recommended a 100percent increase in FED on cigarettes in the Senate Standing Committee on Finance meeting, chaired by Senator Farooq H. Naik here in Islamabad.

The Senate standing committee also approved recommendations presented by MQM-Pakistan Barrister Muhammad Ali Khan Saif to increase tax, duty on tobacco products. He recommended increasing Rs30 per packet on TETON cigarettes.

The standing committee on Finance also recommended increasing duty on high price cigarettes and less FED on low price cigarettes.

The PML-N senator...