Tag: Drug
Scientists find new drugs that could help prevent hearing loss
NEW YORK: Inhibiting an enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) can save the hearing of millions of people around the world, a study has...
New superbug typhoid strain behind Pakistan outbreak, study finds
LONDON: An outbreak of typhoid fever in Pakistan is being caused by an extensively drug-resistant “superbug” strain, a sign that treatment options for the...
SHC receives petition for devolution of drug regulatory powers to provinces
KARACHI: The Justice Helpline, a non-governmental organization, on Saturday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking its directives for the federal government to devolve...
Sindh govt to make drug tests mandatory for students
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday announced that the children receiving education in government and private institutes will have to pass...
ANF apprehended 1,338 drug traffickers in 2017
RAWALPINDI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), the prime drug law enforcement agency of Pakistan, in its countrywide operations in 2017 rounded up 1,338 drug traffickers including...
2.5 million Bangladeshi children are drug addicts: MANAS
DHAKA: The head of Association for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS), Arup Ratan Chaudhury, an estimated more than 2.5 million children were drug addicts...
DRAP’s digital listing of registered drugs continues
ISLAMABAD: Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Registration Division of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has been continuously working on the digital listing of all registered...
Drug Act a major hurdle to boost export, says PPMA
Pakistan’s local pharmaceutical manufacturers have identified section 12 of Drug Act as a major haurdle in the boost and export of their products to...
Drug pushers, bootleggers get their ‘dose’ from capital police
The capital police on Wednesday arrested eight lawbreakers and seized 7.30 kilogrammes of hashish, 17 bottles of liquor, heroin and weapons, a police spokesman...
Punjab govt releases Rs 150m for drug and food testing labs
The Punjab government has released a Rs 150 million grant for the establishment of three drug testing laboratories in Multan, Rawalpindi and Lahore, and...
Anti-cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mice
An anti-cancer drug may reverse memory problems in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, according to new research carried out at the University of Pittsburgh...
LiLo didn’t make any demands for prescription drug
Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer has rubbished reports that the actress agreed to go to rehab only if the facility allowed her to take Adderall. According...
Australian report says drug use ‘widespread’
The use of performance enhancing drugs is "widespread" among professional and amateur athletes in Australia, a government report which rocked the sports-mad country said...
LHC seeks judicial inquiry report on drug reaction case
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ordered to present a report on judicial inquiry and its implementation regarding the deaths by reaction to...
Drug cheats cannot escape detection: Bartoli
World number 10 Marion Bartoli does not think drug cheats in tennis can escape detection as players are subjected to too many dope tests...
310 pounds of marijuana hidden in frozen carrots
A drug smuggler’s plans to make money sneaking marijuana into the United States went up in smoke after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials...
DEA agents got prostitute as secret service agent
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s alleged role in the Secret Service prostitution scandal has been confirmed. A pair of DEA agents set up a liaison...
