Tag: Drugs

ANF seizes prohibited chemical worth Rs12.48bn

HUB: An Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) team on Tuesday recovered over 950 drums filled with a chemical used in heroin from a container near Hub River...

PN seizes hashish worth $32m near Gwadar

QUETTA: Pakistan Navy said on Wednesday that it seized 1600kg hashish during an intelligence-based operation in the maritime limit of Makran near Gwadar. According to...

Pakistan Navy seizes large narco cache in Karachi

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy conducted an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) near Sonehra Point at Mubarik Village in coordination with Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) and seized...

PML-N senior leader Rana Sanaullah arrested in alleged drug case

LAHORE: Member of the National Assembly (MNA) and former Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Monday was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in connection with...

Nine Iranians held for smuggling drugs off Indian coast

INDIA: Nine Iranians accused of setting their ship ablaze to try and destroy heroin stashed aboard have been rescued by India’s coastguard and held for...

Senate body wants end to drugs in schools

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics on Tuesday asked the ministry concerned to take more steps to control the use of drugs in...

176 accused arrested: arms, liquor, drugs seized

LAHORE: Police (Model Town Division) have arrested as many as 176 criminals and recovered 25 pistols, two rifles, bullets, more than eight kilograms of Charas,...

Pakistan, KSA to ink MoU on drug control, smuggling

Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will be inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on drug control, smuggling and psychotropic substances, the Foreign...

Petition in LHC seeks action against sale of drugs to students

LAHORE: A petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday sought action against the sale of narcotics to students in educational institutions. The petitioner said...

PHC halts implementation of 15pc hike in medicine prices

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday halted the implementation of 15 per cent increase in medicine prices. The two-member PHC bench, comprising Justice...

Target killer among 11 held with arms, drugs and looted valuables...

KARACHI: A target killer among 11 outlaws was arrested with arms, drugs, stolen bikes and other valuables during separate actions in the metropolis on...

22 held with arms, drugs, 5 stolen bikes

LAHORE: At least 22 outlaws including drug pushers were arrested here besides recovery of arms, ammunition, drugs and five stolen motorcycles. According to details, in the...

Police seize drugs, arrest 30 lawbreakers in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: The police in a crackdown against anti-social elements, 30 lawbreakers including seven Proclaimed Offenders (POs) have been arrested while 3,025 grams charras, 5,044 grams...

Citizens suffer amid ‘artificial’ drugs shortage

--Hospitals and medical stores on verge of running out of lifesaving medicines as pharmaceutical companies’ owners mint money of people’s misery --DRAP spokesperson assures authority...

Lahore police arrest gang for selling drugs

LAHORE: Lahore police on Sunday arrested a seven-member gang for supplying drugs to the dance parties in the provincial capital. Talking to media, police superintendent Maaz Zafar,...

15 heads of police stations in Islamabad served show cause notices

ISLAMABAD: A total of 15 out of 22 heads of police stations were issued show-cause notices over their poor performance here on Wednesday with...

Federal Ombudsman blames drugs, prostitution, porn for Kasur child abuse cases

The Federal Ombudsman has blamed drugs, prostitution and pornographic movies for the rise in the number of child abuse cases in Kasur, a private...