Tag: Private

PR handing over 3 trains to private sector after Eid

Pakistan Railway (PR) has decided to hand over three passenger trains to private sector to continue its mail train operations. According to the PR authorities,...

Robbers loot Rs 340m from private bank

Armed dacoits looted Rs 340 million from Habib Bank Limited’s branch located on the Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi on Wednesday. Per details, the...

Gilani offers ‘bleeding’ public sector enterprises to private sector

Prime Minister (PM) Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday offered Pakistan’s private sector the control of ‘bleeding’ public sector enterprises (PSEs) to rebuild the...

The private vs public medical university dilemma

Students seeking admission to medical colleges were faced with a dilemma as the deadline for applications to public sector universities looms large, while the...

‘Parents’ loot private school

Coaxing the school administration into believing they were parents of schoolchildren, armed bandits gained entry to a private educational institution on Tuesday and looted...

Six private hospitals offer facilities to fight dengue

Six private hospitals have offered their facilities to supplement the government’s efforts to fight the virus by opening the doors of teaching hospitals for...

Public and private schools: government can discriminate but mosquitoes will not

T he managements of Karachi’s private schools have expressed concern over the probability of a dengue virus outbreak in the city after monsoon rains...

Zulfiqar Mirza has private army: MQM

MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi has alleged that former Sindh home minister Zulfiqar Mirza has set up private army by issuing arms licenses to...

Private schools agonising residents

Private educational institutions functioning in the residential areas of the federal capital are not only causing inconvenience to the locals but also resulting in...

Hussain moves privilege motion against private TV channel

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly referred the privilege motion presented by Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain to the relevant committee on Friday, in which...

Increase in private schools’ fees perturbs parents

A large number of private educational institutions in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have enhanced their fee with the start of new...

Private labs mint money as dengue count rises

Dengue patients have resorted to private hospitals and medical laboratories for diagnostic tests and treatment being provided at exorbitant rates, as government hospitals have...

Health of students in private schools at stake

A number of schools in the capital particularly those operating in the private sectors are providing unsafe drinking water to students. The Online learnt...

Private hospitals not serious about dengue virus

No government check on private hospitals in handling dengue patients has put several precious lives at risk, with health establishments across the provincial capital...

Govt to award GENCOs O&M to private contractors

Acceding that checking inefficiencies and unnecessary fiscal leakages in public sector entities was beyond its control, the government has finally decided to out source...

Railways to attract private sector

The Pakistan Railways is considering attracting the private sector for investment to bring the government-owned entity out of the crises. The railways authorities would give...

Private hospitals reluctant to raise doctors’ salaries

Private-sector hospitals and private medical colleges are reluctant to raise salaries of young doctors and using delaying tactics instead of raising salaries of house...