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Senate body unanimously passes Post Office Bill
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Postal Services on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill to empower the post...
Ikram Junaidi
Dr Enver Sajjad’s death termed loss to society
ISLAMABAD: A large number of people paid tributes to eminent short story writer, novelist and actor Dr Enver Sajjad...
CJP stays execution of mentally ill prisoner
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Monday granted a stay on the execution, scheduled...
President approached to halt execution of mentally ill Ghulam Abbas
PM’s special assistant urges president to exercise his powers and halt execution.
Parents refusing polio vaccination will not face police cases
Babar bin Atta says 10 pc refusals are expected in Bannu, Lakki Marwat and North Waziristan due to this relaxation.
Maximum allocated funds to be spent on capital’s development: Awan
In the past, unrealistic budgets were approved but funds could not be arranged for projects, says Ali Nawaz Awan.
NA subcommittee approves bill for daycares in offices
ISLAMABAD: A subcommittee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights approved a bill on Thursday...
Polyclinic extension project hinges on IHC decision
ISLAMABAD: Polyclinic extension project hinges on the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision reserved a year ago in a...
PMDC decides to standardise medical college admissions tests
More than 100,000 candidates to sit for MDCAT on Aug 25 across Pakistan
Health levy not proposed despite cabinet decision
On June 3 the federal cabinet had approved the health levy.
‘Four in 10 children under the age of five are stunted in Pakistan’
12pc adolescent girls and 20pc boys are underweight, nutrition survey says
NA panel wants three brothers’ killer brought from Malaysia
Foreign ministry asked to approach the Malaysian High Commission for the arrest of the prime accused.
Longstanding issue of first-ever nursing university may be addressed soon
NHS DG says special assistant to PM spoke to Bahraini health minister on sidelines of WHA meeting, was assured she
Stakeholders asked not to make polio vaccination drives controversial
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Polio Babar Bin Atta has asked all health circle stakeholders not to...
Social security budget being doubled, says PM’s aide
“Every month interest-free loans would be provided to 80,000 persons to enable them to start their businesses."
Childbearing before 18 impacts women economically: report
New study says despite global declines, adolescent childbearing still remains common in many low- and ...
Pims awaits appointment of some specialist doctors
The hospital has yet to get replacements for consultants who have either retired or left Pims
In wake of Larkana outbreak, health stakeholders fear HIV could spread
ISLAMABAD: The recent outbreak of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, in Larkana has led to concerns in health...
In wake of Larkana outbreak, health stakeholders fear HIV could spread
NACP seeking to determine what caused outbreak, points to reuse of polio vaccine injections, unhygienic circumcision
Polio vaccination teams told to focus on interpersonal relations
Officials asked to win families’ trust to negate perception that polio eradication is a ‘foreign agenda’.