Tag: Drug
Imperialism prevalent in Punjab: SC
Supreme Court Justice Saqib Nisar has said that there was a system of imperialism prevalent in Punjab and the provincial government did not care...
Brace for a drug shortage jolt!
Another healthcare crisis is in the offing, which may hit at least two million patients due to shortage of psychotropic drugs as pharmaceutical companies...
Hike in drug prices provokes fury
The recent hike in the prices of life saving drugs has provoked fury among all circles of society. The government had come to...
Drug Testing Lab construction on fast track
Punjab Industrial Estates & Development Company (PIEDMC) Chairman SM Tanveer announced on Friday that the construction of the Drug Testing Laboratory and Research Centre...
CCI discusses everything but drug regulatory authority
The Council of Common Interest (CCI) took up six out of seven agenda items on Thursday but the most crucial issue, the establishment of...
But the constitution won’t accept ‘imported’ drug tests!
The Punjab chief minister announced in a press conference on Thursday that the Isotab drug was responsible for the deaths of patients who had...
Two more fall prey to spurious drug
Two more patients died due to the spurious drug here on Thursday, taking the death toll due to Isotab drug reaction to 131.
According to...
Killer drug found?
Investigating the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) medical catastrophe which caused the death of 119 heart patients, Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) late on Monday...
‘Central drug watchdog needed to avert another PIC-like fiasco’
The Pharma Bureau has urged the government to immediately form an independent central drug regulatory authority (DRA), adopting the refined model employed in other...
Drug reaction claims 3 more lives, death toll hits 109
Three people lost their lives due to the suspected drug reaction that pushed the death toll to 109 on Saturday.
The uncontrolled deadly reaction was...
Drug money fuelling terror: Rehman
Endorsing the findings of a joint report of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), Interior Minister Rehman...
International standard drug testing lab on the verge of completion
First international standard drug testing laboratory will be made functional in Sundar Industrial Estate during this year as its initial work and building is...
Probe launched into PIC drug reactions amidst climbing toll
Two more patients breathed their last on Sunday, as the number of deaths by mysterious reaction to drugs distributed free of cost by Punjab...
Heroin hidden in TV seized at airport
The customs authorities seized two kilogrammes of fine quality heroin concealed in a television set from a passenger leaving for Bangladesh at the Jinnah...
Saudi Arabia executes two nationals for drug smuggling
Saudi Arabia beheaded two nationals on Monday in the eastern province of Al-Ahsa after convicting them of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
The pair,...
Female drug addicts in educational institutes
Pakistan, being a developing country, is passing through a phase where there are many social problems in the society that are overlooked. The new...
Manufacturers exploiting delay
It is a sad reality that the government has yet to formulate the new drug pricing policy despite the fact that the devolution of...
