Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital has been put on high alert amid tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In a notification issued today, the administration said, “Due to the ongoing war on the borders of our motherland, an emergency meeting at Lady Reading Hospital-MTI has decided to suspend all leave effective immediately.

“Additionally, all departments must reserve 25 per cent of their total bed capacity for emergency use only, with no routine admissions allowed for these beds,” the notification read.