Council of Islamic Ideology ratifies 100 fatwas in support of polio vaccination
Polio's focal person says council was approached to validate edicts after public questions regarding their authenticity.
Ikram Junaidi
Dengue cases surpass all-time record in the country
Despite higher number of cases, the disease has not been as deadly as it was in 2011, when 370 had died.
AGP raises objections to rented Drap office building, expensive renovations
Payment of Rs298m deemed doubtful, irregular and unauthorised in audit report for 2015-18 period
Pakistan, Turkey to sign agreement on medical care
Patients no longer going to India due to visa issues
CDA finally decides to develop E-12
First phase of project costing Rs6bn will be completed in three years, official says
Govt reduces polio campaign days amid better security
ISLAMABAD: Taking into account the improved security situation across the country, the need to reduce fatigue among...
Bureaucracy creating hurdles in regularisation of doctors, Senate body told
Establishment Division, FCPS and minister asked to resolve issue of Pims Cardiac Centre doctors
Over 25,000 dengue cases reported this year
During the current year, 42 deaths have been caused by dengue so far.
Drap stopped from utilising research fund to construct its building
Funds will be used on finding cure for dengue and other diseases
Independent becomes head of Senate health committe
NHS committee chair argues chairmanship of committees is allocated on basis of party’s position in upper house
CDA-DWP approves five projects worth Rs18bn to develop new sectors
E-12 sector alone has the potential to generate Rs14bn from unsold plots, says CDA chairman
Speakers fear disability rights bill will not be tabled in NA soon
Urdu version of report on empowerment of people with disabilities launched
No system to check side effects of medicines: PM’s adviser
"System is being devised to save patients from the side effects of medicines," Drap chief says.
18 airlines told not to use plastic cutlery on flights to Pakistan
China Southern Airlines wants to know under which law should it follow the directive.
Timely measures not taken to prevent dengue, parliamentary secretary admits
Says fumigation should have been carried out in the capital in April.
Drug surveillance lab to be made operational in two months
The laboratory, which is supposed to test drugs for Drap, has not been established 13 years after it was approved
2,777 cases of dengue reported in capital, NHS ministry data finds
There have been more than 16,000 cases of dengue reported across the country.
Tourist traffic witnesses sharp increase in five years
A Gallup Pakistan report indicates that tourism could be a potential game changer for the country’s struggling economy.
Govt not providing administrative support to information commission
ISLAMABAD: While the Right to Information (RTI) Day was being observed on Saturday, Chief Information Commissioner...
Tally rises to 69 as three more polio cases reported
Two of the new cases reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Sindh.