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PHOTO: FILE Reporting by Zohair Ali A survey revealed Sunday that Rs2.5 billion is annually spent on gutka, paan and mainpuri in Thatta and Sujawal Besides youngsters, gutka, paan and mainpuri are popular addictions among women, children and elderly. “I get a headache if I don’t eat paan,” said Salim Mallah. “I am a labourer….

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Ejaz Ahmad Khan said on Thursday that the persons involved in the production of Gutka were influential people.  This he said during a hearing at the Sindh High Court pertaining to the case on crackdown against production and distribution of Gutka and mainpuri in Karachi. The high court ordered authorities to continue…

KARACHI: Cardiologists have urged the federal and provincial governments to ensure absolute ban on cigarette and Sheesha smoking to protect smokers, both active and passive, against heart related ailments, chest infections as well as cancers. Addressing a conference organised by the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD) as part of World Heart Day 2015…

An Assistant Commissioner in Karachi came up with a unique punishment for Gutka sellers. Watch this report.

Two years ago the Sindh government had imposed a ban on manufacture/sale of Gutka and Mainpuri across the province, but today special Gutka stalls were set up for addict Jiyalas at the venue of PPP's rally in Karachi. Click to watch…. Gutka is a preparation of crushed areca nut (also called betel nut), tobacco, catechu,…

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain advised youths to quit deleterious habits including eating gutkas. 

NEW DELHI: Ten states have banned a popular form of chewing tobacco in a major policy shift that may save millions of lives and strike a blow at the global tobacco industry, already reeling from new anti-smoking laws around the world.But an estimated 65 million Indians use “gutka” – a heady form of chewing tobacco…

Ghayasuddin reports a local rally against smoking, eating pan and gutka, lead by well known and respected social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi in Karachi.