ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics Control led by Senator Lt. Gen (Rtd) Abdul Qayyum held a meeting on Wednesday at COMSATS University Islamabad. The committee was welcomed to the Islamabad Campus by Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Dr. Shahid A. Khan, Dean Faculty of Engineering and Dr. Junaid Mughal. The […]
Drugs
‘Zombie cells’ buildup in your body may play role in ageing
Call them zombie cells – they refuse to die. As they build up in your body, studies suggest, they promote aging and the conditions that come with it like osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are studying drugs that can kill zombie cells and possibly treat the problems they bring. Basically the goal is to fight […]
Drones to deliver vaccines, blood and drugs across Ghana
Hundreds of drones will begin delivering life-saving vaccines, blood and medicines to patients in Ghana this week in the largest scheme of its kind, the global vaccine alliance GAVI said on Wednesday. Medics will place orders by text message when supplies run dry, said GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley. Drones will then fly in from […]
‘Masters of our destiny’: Myanmar’s Wa rebels in show of force
It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household — meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined to protect their supremacy over Myanmar’s badland border zone. Thousands of soldiers, including a company of women and a sniper platoon in combat […]
Pharma industry announces relief; slashes prices of 395 drugs
Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (PPMA), on Wednesday, announced to curtail prices of 395 essential medicines to provide due economic relief to masses. The prices of these medicines had been reduced by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) but not yet implemented by the pharmaceutical industry. PPMA also announced to voluntarily slash prices of as […]
Counterfeit medicines supply
Sir: Gilgit-Baltistan Public Accounts Committee in its assembly brought the matter forth that medicines to all the government hospitals are supplied sans undergoing the laboratory test which is alarming to human lives. GB Health Department in a quandary because: Under Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules, it is mandatory to give prerogative of medicines supply […]
‘Pendok 2’ sheds light on drug addiction and rising crime rates
Balochi film ‘Pendok 2’ released on December 26, 2015 and soon gained popularity. It was directed and produced by Rashid Hassan. This movie is describing all about begging which the richest people like to do. As in this movie there involved a rich person, known as Shasawar who used to beg from others and never […]
First Rohingya woman shot dead in Bangladesh drugs clampdown
Bangladesh security forces have shot dead a Rohingya woman in a border town known as a gateway for smuggling meth pills from neighbouring Myanmar, officials said Sunday. Rights activists said Rumana Akter, 20, was the first Rohingya woman to be killed in a clampdown by Bangladesh authorities against the narcotics trade. She was one of […]
ANF recovers narcotics worth billions during raid at courier office
LAHORE: Punjab Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) recovered drugs worth millions during a counter-narcotics operation at a courier company’s office on Wednesday. The ANF recovered narcotics from a parcel that was destined for the United Kingdom (UK) during a raid at a courier company’s office. It was further revealed that the parcel belonged to a man identified […]