Tag: Doctors

Balochistan doctors’ strike continued for day three

The province-wide doctors’ strike against the targeted killings and kidnapping for ransom of Balochistan doctors continued for the third day here on Saturday, causing...

PIMS’ young doctors scuffle with seniors

Young doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Saturday ransacked the hospital building after clash with senior doctors. The protesting doctors scuffled with...

Junior doctors ransack PIMS Hospital

Junior doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) ransacked in the hospital after scuffle and exchange of hot words with seniors doctors here...

Balochistan doctors’ strike enters its second day

The Balochistan doctors’ province-wide strike against the kidnapping and murders of their colleagues entered its second on Friday, causing severe difficulties to patients from...

Service structure meetings take a positive turn

Service structure meetings have recently taken a positive turn, after the Heath Department and the stake holders including Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Young Doctors...

Doctors resume work at government hospitals in Balochistan after 3-day strike

Patients took a sigh of relief as doctors in out patient departments (OPDs) and operation theatres of government-run hospitals resumed activities on Friday, after...

PIMA condemns killings of doctors in Balochistan

Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) condemned the recent killings of two doctors in Balochistan. The PIMA members in a joint statement regretted that the country...

Bullet taken out from Malala in overnight operation

Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year old children rights activist, is now out of danger as the bullet, that reached her shoulder through her brain, has...

Doctors to decide if Malala to go abroad

A team of senior doctors flew to Peshawar on Wednesday to decide whether a 14-year-old child activist needs medical treatment abroad after she was...

Balochistan case: CJ directs police to provide security to doctors

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday took notice of the doctors’ protest in Balochistan and directed the police to provide security to the...

YDA, govt dispute over records delays ‘make or break’ meeting

The supposedly final meeting headed by Senator Ishaq Dar to resolve the issue of service structure for doctors has been delayed yet again after...

LHC bars young doctors from protests

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has restrained the young doctors from observing protests. During the course of proceedings, the petitioner’s lawyer stated that young doctors...

KEMU’s new PCR machine unused for the past 6 months!

Young Doctors Association in its on going campaign to malign the administrator of King Edward Medical College (KEMU) has alleged that a PCR machine...

Young doctors defy court orders in Lahore

Disobeying Lahore High Court’s order not observe strike, the Young Doctors Association on Thursday again suspended indoor operations of the government hospitals in protest. Doctors...

Punjab govt’s indifference infuriates YDA

Young Doctors Association (YDA) has again threatened to go on strike and hold protest demonstrations against the government of Punjab. In the General...

Quetta doctors call off strike

The Balochistan doctors Thursday called off their protracted strike causing long queues of patients at the outdoor patient departments (OPDs) of the government hospitals. However,...

Doctors end strike in Quetta after Supreme Court orders

Doctors in Quetta, on Tuesday, announced an end to their 35-day strike after the chief justice of Pakistan directed them to end their protest...