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Heroin use in Pakistan: Deep and deadly
In all the blitz of news this week, there was a remarkable story that the largest ever heroin cache had been seized in the country’s history – a whooping 375kg, worth an estimated $44 million. Indeed,...
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Drugs are not the only problem
Drug use usually starts as a form of rebellion, be it against mom and dad, your own friends or society as a whole. Ease of access only increases the likelihood that someone will make an uninformed...
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Do you know what your pharmacist does?
All around the globe, World Pharmacist Day is celebrated on September 25, in order to show respect for this important, yet often overlooked, branch of health care. The responsibilities of a pharmacist...
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Stop complaining ladies, men get harassed on buses too!
‘Mardon ko toh koi tameez hi nahi hoti ke bus mien kis tarah safar karna hai!’ (Men have no manners at all regarding how to travel on a public bus) This was a phrase that I came across last week when...
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A bus ride with a convict, a drug dealer and an old lady
Travelling can help an individual understand different aspects of society and it also gives one a clearer perspective about the world. Having said as much, when I left Lahore to visit my home town...
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The story of a drug addict: Opium was my drug, my addiction, my mistake
As someone who has been dependent on drugs twice in their life so far, if I had to tell you one reason why you shouldn’t do drugs it’s this: withdrawal is a b****. There are many reasons to do drugs,...
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Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Lucy’ will challenge you intellectually
French writer cum director Luc Besson, whose work includes The Fifth Element, The Lady, The Professional, La Femme Nikita and Taken, is back to captivate the moviegoers with a high-concept hypothetical...
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