{
  "id": 2305255,
  "title": "Senate health committee approves e-cigarette regulation bill, retains four-year BDS programme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/senate-health-committee-approves-e-cigarette-regulation-bill-retains",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:07:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024175/senate-health-committee-approves-e-cigarette-regulation-bill-retains-four-year-bds-programme"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services on Thursday approved the Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (Regulation) Bill, 2025, and decided to retain the four-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme. The meeting was chaired by Senator Amir Waliuddin Chishti and attended by Senators Masroor Ahsan, Rubina Khalid, Nadeem Ahmed Bhutto, Rahat Jamali, Shahzaib Durrani, Nasir…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}