By Imran Chaudhry

LAHORE: At least 60,000 patients are suffering from thalassemia major disease across the country, while the number is increasing by 7,000 every year, however 14 to 17 children on average are born with this severe disease. Punjab Thalassaemia Prevention Programme Deputy Director Dr Hussain Jaffri informed this during a media briefing at Fatima Jinnah Medical […]

LAHORE: A woman and her 13-year-old son died when roof of their house collapsed in Gummati Bazaar, Tibbi City area on Saturday, while other family members remained safe. According to details, Muhammad Akram of Gummati Bazaar, his wife Jameela Bibi, sons Moeen Akram andHassnain Akram and four daughters were sleeping when a dilapidated roof of […]

LAHORE: A foam-manufacturing warehouse and a motorcycle factory, located in the same building on Gurumangat Road in Gulberg Industrial Area, caught fire on Thursday, burning valuable goods to ashes and causing a serious financial loss to the owner. However, no casualties were reported on the occasion. The fire was so severe that within no time, […]

LAHORE: A 16-year-old girl committed suicide after jumping from the rooftop of a local hotel within the Qilla Gujjar Singh police limits on Saturday. According to details, a young girl named Laraib Maryam, daughter of Dr Tariq of Dera Gazi Khan, was staying in Hospitality Inn with her parents for the last two days. On […]

LAHORE: The nurses of Mayo Hospital on Friday called off their strike after assurance from the police high ups that they would take legal actions against Young Doctors Association (YDA) activist Dr Sheryar. A large number of nurses from Mayo Hospital boycotted their medical services on second day against the misbehaviour of YDA doctors and […]

LAHORE: Pakistan is a beautiful country with extremely hospitable people, similar to that of the Korean Republic, said Ambassador of the Korean Republic to Pakistan Dr Song Jong-hwan. He emphasised the need to build a “cultural” motorway, like the M2, to further extend and strengthen the friendly ties between the two countries. He expressed this […]

LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) once again staged protest demonstrations on five major roads of the city on Wednesday, demanding implementation of agreed service structure, promotion of doctors, payment of salaries to all PG trainees, early completion of ongoing development projects and other major issues being faced at the government hospitals. Massive traffic jams […]

LAHORE: Another wounded victim of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park blast succumbed to injuries in Jinnah Hospital, raising the death toll to 75 on Tuesday. At least 100 injured people are still admitted in different hospitals of the city, however some injured people are in critical condition and an increase in the death toll is expected. A […]

LAHORE: Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said on Thursday that concrete steps have been taken to eradicate spurious and substandard medicines from the province. He said that besides up-gradation/remodeling of drug testing laboratories, amendments are being introduced in the drugs laws to enhance punishment for the culprits, adding that provision […]

LAHORE: The State of Human Rights in 2015, an annual report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) issued on Friday, pointed out that provinces continued to use expanded legislative authority under the 18th Constitutional Amendment to enact several important laws, but implementation mechanism lagged behind.   The report stated that the parliament made […]