;ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has tested positive for the novel coronavirus; while he was on the campaign trail for the upcoming polls in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). According to family sources, the PPP leader has reached Islamabad from G-B and has quarantined himself for 15 days. Kaira […]
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), while appealing to the people to follow the coronavirus SOPs. The PMA warned them against a “more lethal” second wave of the disease. Follow SOPs and safety measures Hailing the government’s decision to impose fines on those not wearing masks in public. The PMA urged the government to take strict […]
PTI’s ‘isolated’ leader Jahangir Tareen arrived in Lahore on Friday after spending several months in the United Kingdom. He was accompanied by his son Ali Tareen. Earlier this year, a sugar inquiry commission — formed on the directives of the premier to probe the rise in the price of the commodity — had revealed names […]
A 30-year-old woman was gang-raped and threatened in the parking space of Baba Saheb Ambedkar (BSA) Hospital in outer Delhi’s Rohini, allegedly by a security guard and two former bouncers of the hospital early Friday morning, the police said. The two bouncers were arrested early while the security guard was caught Monday. All three had […]
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Monday clarified that schools and educational institutions across Pakistan are not closing despite a surge in coronavirus cases across the country. “Rumours again afloat regarding school closures. It is again clarified that educational institutions are NOT being closed,” he announced via a tweet. He stated that the government […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged masses to take precautionary measures and declared the next two months critical, as the second wave of the novel coronavirus hits the country. Addressing the Insaaf Doctors Forum convention in Lahore on Wednesday, he lauded the services of doctors and paramedics who are at the forefront in the country’s […]
The World Health Organization WHO has called for united efforts to eliminate Poliomyelitis (polio) from the surface of the earth. Addressing a seminar on ‘One Day, One Focus: Endling Polio’ at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Friday; WHO National Surveillance Coordinator for Polio Eradication Initiative Dr Shafiqur Rehman said 79 cases of polio […]
ISLAMABAD: In continuation with a series of escalating warnings, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has sounded the alarm over the average positivity ratio registering 40% higher over the last four days than what was being recorded earlier. During a morning session on Friday, officials from the NCOC — the apex body tasked with […]
Leveraging their existing expertise in telemedicine solutions. It comprises e-health clinics in low-income communities and a mobile application for the masses. Sehat Kahani has now introduced Tele-ICU technology to its platform. Together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); the Health Services Academy, and the Ministry of Health; Sehat […]
ISLAMABAD: The government is hopeful Nawaz Sharif will be back in Pakistan soon to answer for the corruption charges against him. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Shahzad Akbar said on Wednesday that the government was working with the British authorities to finalize modalities for Nawaz’s return, while Minister for Science and […]
