Tag: Doctor

No veterinary doctor in Kulachi tehsil of DI Khan

Livestock, which is the sole source of income for many people in Dera Ismail Khan’s largest Tehsil Kulachi, has been exposed to extreme risks,...

If a doctor sought for fever, why a pir for depression?

When people have a fever that persists, they usually go to a doctor and seek treatment.  Similarly, when they suffer a severe injury or...

Samsung introduces ‘Virus Doctor’ air-conditioners

Samsung Electronics, a global market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, semiconductors and telecommunications, has unveiled the revolutionary Plasma Ionizer “Virus Doctor” air-conditioners...

US pressing Pakistan to free doctor who helped CIA track down...

The US is pressing Pakistan to release Dr Shakil Afridi, who has been arrested by the ISI for helping the CIA in tracking down...

Doctor thrashed, five bodies found

Relatives of a girl, who died at Sheikh Zayed Hospital after taking acid to commit suicide, thrashed a doctor for not providing her with...

Strike continues in Balochistan, even after decision of suspending 120 doctors

Young doctors strike continues in all the government hospitals of Quetta and Balochistan despite the decision of suspending 120 doctors. Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and...

Provincial Govt fires 61 more young doctors

Balochistan government has issued orders of suspension of 61 more doctors while the number has reached up to 127 in two days. Provincial government has...

Balochistan government issues final warning to doctors

Balochistan government on Sunday asked the doctors to resume their duties as the law of compulsory service is applied on their service. According to notice...

PMA wants Sindh govt to hire doctors for 1,800 vacant posts

The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Sindh has urged the provincial government to ensure early and transparent appointment of doctors for the 1,800 posts lying...

Trial of Jackson’s doctor delayed

The long-awaited trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's drug death was delayed Monday for four months, with a judge saying defense lawyers...

Hindu doctor embraces Islam

JHELUM - A Hindu Doctor Raj embraced Islam in Jhelum at the hands of local religious leader Pir Zikria. His Islamic name is Muhammad Aayan Ali.
Talking to the media after embracing Islam, Dr. Muhammad Aayan Ali called it the happiest day of his life. He added that Islamic literature influenced him very much and his friends helped him a lot to be acquainted with it.
"It was my utmost desire to embrace Islam and now 'I am sitting here with my muslim brothers,, he added.

Doctor claims he was Raymond’s actual target

LAHORE - US and Pakistani national, Dr Adnan Bhuta held a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday where he alleged that he was the actual target of Raymond Davis, an American national.
Adnan lived in USA for more than a decade and then after 9/11 attacks he was detained by the American authorities and suffered mental and physical torture for several months because his name was similar to that of an Al Qaeda member.
He was cleared from charges in 2002, was later

Chinese woman doctor found dead

ISLAMABAD: A Chinese national woman doctor, Dr Jiya, 48, was mysteriously found dead at her residence-cum-clinic here on Friday in a posh sector of the federal capital.
The police said she had been running a clinic at Rose Plaza at I-8 Markaz for several years.
"Dr Jiya, after embracing Islam, was married to a Pakistani national, Danish Hussain," said Industrial Area SP Ishaq Warraich. He said her hands had been tied and her mouth gagged with a piece of cloth, the SP added.

TV cover okayed for trial of Michael Jacksons doctor

LOS ANGELES - Television cameras will be allowed to film the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor next month as long as they do not interfere with proceedings, a judge said on Monday.
Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Pastor also moved forward the date of Dr. Conrad Murray's trial by four days to March 24, when jury selection will begin. The trial is expected to last about six weeks, lawyers for both sides say. Murray has pleaded not guilty, and is

LHC seeks report on missing doctor by 27th

LAHORE - Mr Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain of the Lahore High Court has sought progress report till January 27 from the investigation teams of police on the whereabouts of a missing doctor of Jinnah Hospital Lahore.
On next hearing, the court also summoned Abdul Manan, a reporter of an English daily, who had published a story in his newspaper, stating the missing doctor was into custody of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
The judge was hearing a petition of Dr

Wife of jailed Indian doctor considers seeking asylum

RAIPUR - The wife of a medical doctor sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of helping India's Maoist insurgents said Tuesday she would like to seek asylum in a "liberal democratic country."
"I am not feeling secure in this country," Ilina, wife of jailed doctor Binayak Sen, told AFP in Raipur, the capital of the Maoist insurgency-riven state of Chhattisgarh. "I am feeling threatened and if you are being persecuted for your feelings then why would you stay here," she said.

Indian doctor to help Pakistan in liver transplant

KARACHI: Global Hospitals Group (GHG) Vice President Khalid Rasheed, based in India, in an exclusive interview to Pakistan Today said that he had conducted his visit to meet representatives of the health ministry, directors of private hospitals and to offer the general services of Global Hospitals for the betterment of health sector.
He revealed that a major goal was to inculcate awareness and ultimately to provide the liver transplant facility the Global Hospitals Group to