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Customs employees involved in selling ‘seized’ liquor arrested in Karachi

Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a customs official for selling liquor seized by the department in Karachi,

PIA flight attendant offloaded for consuming alcohol

KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant was offloaded from a Lahore-bound flight for being under influence of alcohol, ARY News reported.  According to...

Alcohol responsible for one in 20 deaths worldwide: WHO

Alcohol kills three million people worldwide each year — more than AIDS, violence and road accidents combined, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding...

Sharjeel cleared as no trace of alcohol found in bottles, blood samples

KARACHI: A test report has found no trace of alcohol in the blood samples of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Memon. Memon’s blood samples...

Alcohol intoxication behind 90% of hate crimes: study

After interviewing accident and emergency attendees with injuries resulting from violence, a team of researchers recently found that 18.5% of them considered themselves to...

Drinks industry mislead people about alcohol cancer risk: scientists

LONDON: The alcohol industry uses denial, distortion and distraction to mislead people about the risks of developing cancer from drinking, often employing similar tactics...

French pranksters replace holy water with alcohol

BESANÇON, France: Tourists visiting a church in the picturesque French town of Chateau-Chalon were surprised to discover that local pranksters had replaced the fonts' holy...

World Cancer Day observed

KARACHI: World Cancer Day 2017 is being observed on Saturday with the theme of "We can, I can", ARY News reported. World Health Organization (WHO)...

Low social rank bigger health risk than obesity: study

PARIS: People on the bottom rung of the socioeconomic ladder may live two years less on average than those at the top, according to...

Bohemia says Abrar Ul Haq motivated him to quit alcohol, smoking

Quitting addiction to any drug, specially, alcohol is not a cake walk. You need inviolable determination to accomplish this task. American rapper of Pakistani origin...

Suspects held after Christmas moonshine death toll rises to 43

TOBA TEK SINGH: Police on Wednesday caught three men accused of preparing home-made liquor mixed with ‘aftershave’ that so far killed 43 people including...

Sweden’s youngest ever minister resigns over drink driving

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's youngest ever cabinet minister, who came to the country as a refugee from Bosnia, announced her resignation on Saturday after being caught driving under the influence of alcohol.

Deaths from toxic alcohol reach 33 in India

NEW DELHI: Another 12 people have died after drinking toxic homemade liquor in northern India, officials said Monday, taking the overall toll to 33 with dozens more fighting for their lives in hospitals.

Brazilian footballer arrested on under-age rape allegations

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police on Thursday arrested former Botafogo footballer Jobson Leandro Pereira de Oliveira on suspicion of raping four girls aged between 12 and 14.

Man kills daughter, injures wife after refusal to give money for liquor

GUJRANWALA: A cold-hearted man murdered his daughter and injured his wife after she refused to give him money for liquor, ARY News reported.

Waitress attacked for serving alcohol during Ramazan

PARIS: A French waitress claims she was attacked by two men for serving alcohol during Ramazan.

World’s oldest person dies in New York City, aged 116

NEW YORK: The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, a research group said.

Revealed: The biggest cause of early death is not smoking or alcohol

A new data has revealed that what people eat is directly related to their premature death around the globe.

In binge Britain, health chiefs say any alcohol is risky

Britons should drink less because any alcohol consumption increases the risk of cancer and other diseases, government health chiefs said in new guidelines that were immediately denounced by critics as "nanny state" scaremongering.

CAA warns pilots to avoid alcohol while flying

ISLAMABAD: The pilot of a Pakistan passenger plane that skidded off the runway last week was intoxicated, officials confirmed Saturday, as the country's civil aviation authorities warned carriers not to let their pilots fly drunk.

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