TOBA TEK SINGH: On the direction of the Lahore High Court (LHC), the secretary of the Punjab specialised healthcare and medical education department has suspended the medical superintendent of Faisalabad Allied Hospital II (former DHQ Hospital) along with two other doctors.

In a notification, the secretary stated that on the directions of the LHC issued during a hearing of a petition on Monday, the services of MS and two doctors had been placed under suspension under Section 6 of the Peeda Act, 2006 and they had been directed to report to the department.

The doctors include MS Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Chief Consultant Surgeon Dr Ghulam Murtaza and Senior Medical Officer Dr Waheed Afsar Bajwa.

ACCIDENT: A biker was killed after a trailer hit his motorcycle near the Parco oil depot on Chak Jhumra Road in Faisalabad on Wednesday evening.

The injured biker was being shifted to the Allied Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on the way.

He was identified as Abdul Rashid (40) of Chak 187 RB.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2026