PIA CEO skips panel meeting without any intimation ISLAMABAD: As the privatisation of the sinking titanic – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) – is in doldrums,... Published 13 Nov, 2024 07:54am
Pakistan PTI sends Rs10bn defamation notice to Patel LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday sent Rs10 billion defamation notice to Federal Minister for... Published 31 May, 2023 03:57am
Pakistan Imran serves Rs10bn notice to Qadir Patel In the notice, Imran says health minister circulated 'wrongful, baseless, and defamatory' information against him Updated 30 May, 2023 06:41pm
Pakistan IK hires lawyer to initiate legal action against Patel LAHORE: Lawyer Abuzar Salman Niazi on Sunday said he was engaged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran... Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am
Pakistan Health minister says IK’s mental stability ‘questionable’ KARACHI: Federal Minister for National Health Services Abdul Qadir Patel has asserted that the mental stability of... Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am
Editorials The menace of counterfeit drugs EDITORIAL: It has been a serious public health threat for decades. A large number of the medicines circulating in... Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am
Pakistan First polio case of year detected in S Waziristan SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: The first polio virus case has been confirmed in South Waziristan Lower during the current year.... Published 14 May, 2023 03:24am
Pakistan NIH confirms one death from Covid-19 in Punjab ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed that one death was reported in Punjab from... Published 08 Apr, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Anti-polio campaign kicked off in 39 districts ISLAMABAD: Polio vaccination campaign has kicked off in 39 districts of the country to vaccinate more than six... Published 13 Feb, 2023 07:41am
Editorials Unending fight against polio virus EDITORIAL: The first phase of this year’s polio eradication campaign was kicked off by Prime Minister Shehbaz... Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am
Pakistan Pakistan fully protected from Covid-19: Patel ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel has said Pakistan is ... Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am
Pakistan Japan provides $3.87m grant for polio eradication ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has extended its support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme by providing... Published 09 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan US donates $7.5m worth of medical oxygen supplies ISLAMABAD: The US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), donated $7.5 million ... Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan Alvi calls for efforts to mitigate effects of climate change ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan contributes less than one percent to global warming but it... Published 09 Nov, 2022 03:41am
Business & Finance Minister denies GSK has stopped making, supplying Panadol products ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel has said that... Published 27 Oct, 2022 05:54am
Editorials ‘Religious, medical and humanitarian duty’ EDITORIAL: Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, one of the world’s most eminent seats of Islamic learning, has done what... Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am
Pakistan 8m children to be vaccinated during drive against Covid ISLAMABAD: The government kicked off an immunisation campaign against Covid-19 for children aged between five and 11... Published 20 Sep, 2022 07:44am
Pakistan Minister denounces shortage rumours: ‘Paracetamol tablets in 50 brands available in sufficient quantity’ ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday while ... Published 13 Sep, 2022 07:58am
Print French envoy brings planeload of relief goods ISLAMABAD: A plane, carrying relief goods for the flood-affected people from France, landed at the Islamabad airport... Updated 04 Sep, 2022 09:09am
Pakistan PM launches nationwide anti-polio drive ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday launched the nationwide anti-polio drive with an aim to eradicate... Published 20 Aug, 2022 03:41am
Pakistan Balochistan’s flood-hit people: Patel vows maximum health facilities ISLAMABAD: Minister of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel on Sunday said his... Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am
Editorials Polio resurgence? EDITORIAL: Just when the poliovirus seemed to have been restricted to the tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa —... Published 09 Aug, 2022 03:37am
Pakistan Flood-hit people: First consignment of medicines sent to Balochistan ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel, the first consignment of medicines... Published 08 Aug, 2022 05:41am
Editorials The population challenge EDITORIAL: Speaking at a recent seminar organised to mark the World Population Day, Federal Minister for National... Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
Pakistan Monkeypox cases: Govt decides to enhance surveillance, says Patel ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Sunday said that the government decided to increase surveillance... Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am
Pakistan Delegation reaches Washington for Pak-US health dialogue ISLAMABAD: The four-member delegation of Pakistan led by Federal Minister of National Health Services, Regulations,... Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am
Pakistan Minister calls for greater awareness to check growing population ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel, Monday, while stressing... Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am
Pakistan Population growth: Masses need to be sensitised about negative implications: ministers ISLAMABAD: With reference to the World Population Day marked on July 11 across the world including Pakistan,... Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am
Pakistan Diagnosis of Covid-19: US govt donates four mobile labs to NIH ISLAMABAD: The US government has donated four mobile laboratories to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in order... Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:35am
Pakistan Patel raises the alarm about rise in Covid-19 cases in Karachi ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, Abdul Qadir Patel on Monday... Updated 05 Jul, 2022 09:52am
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