LAHORE: High Court Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabbir on Thursday admitted on a regular hearing that a ban on sale o
f betel nuts was placed, as it was causing different types of
cancers and different diseased.
An advocate Hamza Hamayun Rashid filed the petition submitting that betel nuts were
consumed by adult and minors all over the country. He said that the W
orld Health Organization (WHO) had already declared it dangerous for human
consumption as it was causing esophagea, oral and pancreases related
cancers.
He further added that after WHO report the Pakistan government was bound to evolve policy to ban sale o
f betel nuts. “It was high time to make law and formulate policy and also launch awareness campaign with regard of use o
f betel nuts causing different types of
cancers and other diseases,” he state
d.
He urged to impose ban on sale and
consumption o
f betel nuts as these were dangerous for human
consumption.