The government has totally banned smoking in any place of public work to protect the health of non-smokers.

The government of Pakistan withdrew the Statutory Rules and Orders (SRO) on designated smoking areas, which means that the public will not be allowed to smoke or use tobacco in any form in any place of public work or use.
Previously, all public and private offices were allowed to designate a separate place for smokers to smoke within office premises with adequate arrangements to protect the health of non-smokers. However, as t he Daily Times reports, such permission was being misused in that smokers were using places in offices other than designated areas while many offices had failed to allocate designated places for smokers.
The withdrawal of the SRO was the outcome of announcement of minister for Health Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani who had announced to withdraw such SRO on World No Tobacco Day. (pi)