Tag: Sheikh

Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed assumes charge as acting LHC CJ

Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Saturday took oath as acting chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) at the Governor’s House. He would run...

Pakistan govt is ‘unmanageably large’: Sheikh

Finance Minster Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Saturday that the size of the government on federal, provincial, tribal and district levels was “unmanageably...

Defence spending should be under checks, says Sheikh

Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh urged on Saturday transparency and accountability in the utilisation of defence allocations as, he said, the armed forces...

Provinces equally responsible for economic reforms: Sheikh

Federal Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh said on Sunday that Pakistan was going through a big transition and provincial governments equally shared the responsibility...

Judiciary too was on board over Raymond: Sheikh Rashid

LAHORE - Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has said categorically that the judiciary and all the state departments were on board over the release of the US killer, Raymond Davis'.
He expressed these views while addressing a press conference at the office of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Likeminded Punjab Information Secretary Mian Muhammad Asif. The Muttahida Muslim League (MML) provincial office bearers were also present on that occasion.
He lamented the people

‘Sheikh Ayaz founder of modern poetry’

KARACHI - Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Tuesday lauded the services Sheikh Ayaz, terming him a great revolutionary and the founder of modern poetry.
She said this on the launch of the poet's birthday celebrations being organised by the Sindh Culture Department. Paying rich tributes to Ayaz, Palijo said the poet was the most widely read and referenced after great Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
"Ayaz was the founder of modern poetry. His writings and poetry

Sheikh Zayed chairman praises nursing profession

LAHORE - Chairman and Dean of Shaikh Zayed Hospital Professor Dr Muhammad Saeed in his address to the nurses said that the medical profession is very noble and important and they should feel proud of it. They should put their heart and soul in their work. He said that in the religion medical profession was the most sacred profession.
Saeed after becoming the Chairman and Dean of the hospital has started meeting with all the employees of the different departments to get the first

‘Sheikh Zayed Hospital to provide drugs and ambulance service to employees’

LAHORE - The Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) will provide free pharmacologic drugs and ambulance service to employees and their families, SZH Chairman and Dean Dr Saeed said on Monday. He said that the administration's first and foremost duty is to manage patients and look after their needs.
Hospitals are primarily constructed to cure and treat ailments that are contracted by patients, Saeed said. The SZH chairman delineated the fact that he would organise a complaint cell for all

Sheikh Zayed Hospital to hold medicine course

LAHORE - The Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore Department of Medicine is holding the 29th Clinical Course in Internal Medicine from January 24 to 29. Eminent teachers and professors would teach students on bed side to improve their clinical skills.
This course is very useful for those doctors, who are appearing in their FCPS (Medicine) Part-II, MRCP (Clinical) and MD (Clinical) examination.

PMA flays Sheikh Zayed Medical College’s high fees

LAHORE - The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) office-bearers including Dr Sarwar Chaudhry, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Dr Tanveer Anwar, Dr Shahid Malik, Dr Ashraf Nizami, Dr Izhar Chaudhry, Dr Kamran Saeed, Dr Akhtar Rashid and Dr Salman Kazmi on Sunday condemned the Government Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Lahore's administration for charging Rs 0.5 million annual fees from its students and termed it a "great injustice".
They urged Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani to decrease the

Pakistan offers most liberal investment policy: Hafeez Sheikh

ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Saturday that Pakistan offered one of the most liberal and investment friendly policies in the world and Chinese investors should actively benefit from it.
Speaking at the Pakistan China Business Cooperation summit, he expressed his hope that the interaction between the business communities of the two countries would help expand bilateral relations, especially in the field of trade and investment.
He went on to say

Sheikh Rashid invites MQM to join MML

KARACHI: Muttahida Muslim League (MML) leader Sheikh Rashid Ahmad asked the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) to join the newly-formed alliance of the different factions of the Muslim League, during his visit to the MQM headquarters Nine-Zero on Saturday.
On the ocassion, MQM leaders Federal MINister Babar Ghauri, Waseem Aftab and former Karachi deputy mayor Nasreen Jalil said that they would discuss this invitation at a meeting of their party. Nasreen said that her party would take