Tag: Medical
PPP asks jail authorities to allow private doctors to examine Zardari
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Wednesday asked jail authorities to let former president Asif Ali Zardari the facility to choose private doctors...
Shafqat, Belarus ambassador for promoting cooperation in field of education
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood during his meeting with Ambassador of Belarus to Pakistan Andrei Ermolovich on Wednesday discussed...
Accountability court allows Dr Asim to travel abroad for medical treatment
KARACHI: Accountability court in Karachi on Saturday allowed former petroleum minister Dr Asim to travel abroad for medical treatment.
During the hearing of a case...
Medical report says Dar suffering from spinal, cardiac issues
Former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s counsel on Monday told the Supreme Court (SC) that Dar is suffering from a spinal issue in his neck...
Expert says one-third of world population affected by TB
PESHAWAR: About one-third of the world’s population is affected by tuberculosis (TB) bacteria and 90 per cent of the patients reside in developing countries.
This...
CJP expresses concern over healthcare facilities at JPMC
Forbids action against footpath school until alternate space provided
Directs formation of a regulatory body to improve the state of affairs at PIA
KARACHI:...
Medical profession should be free from profiteering: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday observed that the medical profession should not have the objective of profiteering.
He said...
New French film raises Nazi medical horrific experiments
A new documentary about the scale of Nazi medical experiments has reopened old wounds in France as one of the country's leading universities investigates...
Turkey holds top medical association members over Syria criticism
ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday detained all the top members of the country's main medical association, including its chief, after they criticised Ankara's offensive against...
SC dissolves PMDC, forms interim committee to look after affairs
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday dissolved the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which is responsible for regulating medical educational institutes across...
Critics question on Trump’s reluctance to undergo medical checkup
WASHINGTON: With a tell-all book raising concerns about US President Trump's mental stability, there is a renewed question asking why the most powerful man in...
Two-day first aid refresher course held at Lahore
LAHORE: A two-day first aid refresher course for the office staff of Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) was held here on Wednesday.
According to the PHP...
CM Shehbaz returns on Monday as Nawaz sets in motion anti-judiciary...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif will leave London for Pakistan on Monday, a day after ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced a campaign against...
Sushma Swaraj grants medical visa to five ailing Pakistani children
NEW DELHI: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday announced granting visas to five Pakistani children, including a 10-month-old baby, for medical treatment in...
Medical organisations protest as India, Sri Lanka cricket series continues despite...
NEW DEHLI: Unprecedented scenes of Sri Lankan cricketers wearing face masks have reignited debate about hosting major sports in heavily polluted New Delhi, where...
Corrupt elite want re-test for admission of their incompetent children
KARACHI: Speakers of a moot here Friday opined that the corrupt elite class of Sindh is against the uphold of merit and that they want...
India assures medical visa to another Pakistani national
NEW DELHI: India has assured a medical visa to another Pakistani national who is seeking to donate a kidney to a fellow national undergoing treatment at...
