Drug Abuse & Dependence: A Cultural Catastrophe

JUNE 26 - DRUG DE-ADDICTION DAY

A free ride to heaven can soon be a short one to hell! Warns Dr. Syed Amin Tabish

LIFE throws up innumerable situations, which we greet with both negative and positive emotions such as excitement, frustration, fear, happiness, anger, sadness, joy et al. All human beings are not equipped to take on changes or difficult situations in life, naturally. Out of them, many don’t adapt More
Of ‘Quacks’ and Quack Hunters

THE DOCTOR DEBATE

Medico or vets - both are indispensable. Unless I am medically well cared, I can’t treat animals, Muhammad Maroof Shah joins the debate who is a doctor who is not

Quacks are by definition, untrained persons who use no proper science while treating. Dr Chalko, in his June 19 write up confounds the issue of quack vs. professional doctors. Genuine Faith healers also can’t be called quacks. We have enough evidence that faith healing works, though it is often misused More
Stop substance abuse

DE-ADDICTION DAY

How many lives are destroyed by this. We have to stand up and prevent our society from further damage, urges Dr. Arshad Hussain

Kashmir lost its innocence long back in many ways. One of the nightmares we are living with is that our children are at increased risk of developing a substance related problems. When there was Opiods boom in whole subcontinent we were aloof as society except for a few aberrations in tourist related More
  • Kashmir

Kashmir observes shutdown

PROTESTERS ATTACK MANTRI’S CAVALCADE IN VARMUL

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 25: After two working days, life again came to a standstill across Kashmir Valley on Friday in response to the strike call given by Hurriyat Conference (G).  Shops, banks, courts and More


  • Srinagar City

MAKHDOOM SAHIB SHRINE TO GET CABLE CAR

Omar approves Rs 6 Cr scheme to be completed in 18 months

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 25: The hillock shrine of sixteenth century saint Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom (RA) on Koh-e-Maran in Shahr-e-Khaas will soon have cable car access for the visitors –making the climb mere three More



  • Jammu

Aged couple dies 'mysteriously'

Decomposed bodies found

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 25: Mystery shrouds the death of an aged Kashmir Pandit couple in Trikuta Nagar here, police said today. Official sources said the decomposed bodies of the couple were recovered from their More


  • South Asia

Talks with Pakistan an exercise in futility: BJP

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 25: BJP today claimed that the India-Pakistan talks had proved to be “an exercise in futility” as the neighbouring country raised the pitch on Kashmir when India brought up the issue of More


  • Business

Poonch–Rawalakote cross LoC trade dispute resolved

Trade to resume from June 29: Traders

SHAFIQ MIR

Rajouri, June 25: The traders associated with cross LoC trade through Poonch-Rawalakote route have agreed to resume the trade from June 29 after four weeks of their boycott.  The matter was resolved More


  • World

Obama says no immediate troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, June 25: US President Barack Obama today categorically ruled out immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan from July 2011, the date he had earlier set for drawdown of troops from the More


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