Tag: PPA

Immunisation can prevent over 2m deaths in Pakistan

PPA president asks parents not to compromise on immunisation of their children ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Paediatric Association Pakistan (PPA) president Prof Dr Rai Muhammad Asghar has...

Pharmacists protest against Drugs Act 2017

Demand withdrawal of amendments to Drugs Act 1976 Sit-in causes severe traffic jams on several roads   LAHORE: A large number of medical stores and pharmacies...

Committee formed to extend, amend PPA, ATA

The government has set up a committee of five ministers for formulating recommendations for extension and amendment in the Pakistan Protection Act and Anti-Terrorism...

Maulana Fazl says JUI-F will oppose extension of PPA

Fazl alleged religious parties and their workers were the main targets of action taken under the law.

ICJ terms Protection of Pakistan Act as ‘oppressive and ineffective’

The ICJ termed POPA as a 'hastily drafted law' which will make 'exceptional circumstances become a permanent part of the legal system'.