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More than 250 restaurants in Islamabad to close next week in protest
Restaurant association representatives say they will not reopen until assured they will not be treated like "thieves".
Ikram Junaidi
Local manufacturing of stents could begin by end of this year
Local production will address the requirement for stents and make the devices more affordable.
Pakistan hands over Jinnah Hospital to Afghan authorities
Afghan minister expresses gratitude for the generous gift and appreciates Pakistan’s immense assistance in the health
Saudi Arabia recognises doctors’ postgraduate degrees
Postgraduate doctors who have completed MS and MD will now be able to work in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
Human trafficking has nothing to do with poverty: FIA official
Says influential people are involved in this illegal but profitable business
Victims of Quetta attack remembered
ISLAMABAD: People gathered outside the National Press Club on Tuesday for a candlelight vigil in memory of the...
PPP criticises NAB’s ‘double standards’
Dr Nafisa Shah says there should be an institution to hold NAB and the FIA accountable.
Senator terms increase in drug prices a ‘conspiracy’
Mian Ateeq Shaikh claims pharma firm owners openly say they run businesses, not charities.
Human rights put on the back burner in election year: report
HRCP's annual report 2018 documents a startling curtailment of individual and collective freedom of expression.
Minister writes to PM’s adviser seeking assessment of Islamabad’s air quality
Says deteriorating air quality has significant impact on human health.
Ministry requests special audit of Drap since it was created
In letter to AGP, NHS secretary said a special audit of pricing mechanism would ascertain whether prices are determined
Despite claim, govt may not be able to bring down drug prices
Health ministry says action will be taken against pharmaceutical companies for raising prices.
HRCP sees dismal situation of democratic practices in Pakistan
Minister says it has become a trend to speak against the army
Senate subcommittee formed to look into implementation of provincial quota in jobs
Committee directs extension of Pims Cardiac Centre doctors’ contracts, release of salaries.
FIA received 30,000 cybercrime complaints in 30 months
15,433 complaints involved misuse of Facebook, 3,000 pertained to Whatsapp, NA body told
1,650 security personnel deployed for Zardari’s court appearance today
PPP workers clashed with police during Zardari and Bilawal’s appearance in court last time so a similar incident cannot
Govt acts against 59 pharmaceutical firms, seizes drugs
Minister Aamer Mehmood Kiani says medicines were being sold at prices higher than those allowed by the government.
‘It is time to rationalise use of antibiotics in Pakistan’
"We want to ensure that the sale of antibiotics without a prescription is stopped.”
ICT admin seals 40 brick kilns for public nuisance, environmental pollution
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Saturday sealed 40 brick kilns for being a public...
Senate committee criticises minister’s absence, postpones meeting
ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice criticised the absence of Minister for Law ...