Around 100,000 people die annually due to cigarette smoking in Pakistan. In addition, large numbers of smokers also suffer from various life-threatening diseases including lung cancer, bronchitis and other heart diseases.
It was in December 2016 that the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Service suggested that the sale of loose cigarettes should be banned. Last week, the authorities concerned banned the sale of loose cigarettes across the country. These efforts should be lauded. Many school- and college-going students are also addicted to smoking. It is hoped that the ban on the sale of loose cigarettes will help reduce the number of smokers.
Sheraz Ali
Turbat
It seems as if the people of Karachi have been left at the mercy of dacoits and hard-core criminals whereas the...
Since the February elections, the provincial governments, especially those in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have...
This letter refers to the news report ‘Air ambulance service to start in June: Maryam Nawaz’ . According to the...
Car-dependency, along with the pervasive absence of any facilities for pedestrians and cyclists during the road design...
Acid attacks are one of the worst forms of gender-based violence in Pakistan. The victims of these attacks are often...
I find it very disturbing that the imprisoned PTI head Imran Khan and other senior party figures are often repeating...
