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 found. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO),…
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 bacterial disease are running out, scientists said on…
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 the powers of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Monday announced that the children receiving education in government and private institutes will have to pass a mandatory drug test before their admission. The…
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 27 foreigners, besides recovering 164.07 metric tonnes of…
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 in Bangladesh. Street children, who are said to…
ISLAMABAD: Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Registration Division of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has been continuously working on the digital listing of all registered drugs to facilitate concerned stakeholders and healthcare professionals.…
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 other countries and have urged Government of Pakistan…
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 said. According to details, SSP Muhammad Rizwan directed…
The Punjab government has released a Rs 150 million grant for the establishment of three drug testing laboratories in Multan, Rawalpindi and Lahore, and also for two food testing laboratories in Faisalabad…
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 Graduate School of Public Health. The study, published…
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 to TMZ.com, the ‘Mean Girls’ star takes the…
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 on Thursday. Australia is proud of its reputation…
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ordered to present a report on judicial inquiry and its implementation regarding the deaths by reaction to drugs distributed free of cost by Punjab Institute…
World number 10 Marion Bartoli does not think drug cheats in tennis can escape detection as players are subjected to too many dope tests in and out of competition. Her observations were…
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 discovered 310 pounds of pot hidden among frozen…
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 between a Secret Service agent and a prostitute…
