DRAP imports stent for Rs 5,000, sells for Rs 25,000 on January 21, 2017LAHORE: Members of the Pakistan Young Pharmacist Association and the Pakistan Drug Lawyers Forum staged a protest against medicine price hike in front of Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Friday. They also appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the medicines’ price hike and reduce prices of medicines by […]
PTA finally wakes up to implement IMEI blocking system, but in haste on January 20, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) started ‘type approval’ for mobile phones in December 2013, as cellular phones without or fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number were being widely used in criminal activities, proving to be hurdles in the maintenance of law and order across the country. The IMEI number is issued by Spain-based […]
Number of beds at LGH’s Emergency Ward doubled to 42 on January 15, 2017LAHORE: The Lahore General Hospital (LGH) administration has doubled the number of beds and staff at the Emergency Ward The administration has also banned entry of medical representatives in the ward. Separate emergency rooms have also been allocated for male and female patients at the emergency ward while code of ethics and standard operation procedures […]
Number of beds at LGHs Emergency Ward doubled to 42 on January 15, 2017LAHORE: The Lahore General Hospital (LGH) administration has doubled the number of beds and staff at the Emergency Ward The administration has also banned entry of medical representatives in the ward. Separate emergency rooms have also been allocated for male and female patients at the emergency ward while code of ethics and standard operation procedures […]
Boy, 20, sister, 12, crushed to death by tractor-trolley on January 14, 2017LAHORE: A rashly driven tractor-trolley crushed to death two real siblings – Adnan, 20, and his younger sister Ayesha, 12 – in the precinct of the Nishtar Colonly police on Saturday. According to details, Adnan was going to drop her two sisters – Ayesha and 10-year old Uroosa-to a school when their motorcycle was badly […]
Boy, 20, sister, 12, crushed to death by tractor-trolley on January 14, 2017LAHORE: A rashly driven tractor-trolley crushed to death two real siblings – Adnan, 20, and his younger sister Ayesha, 12 – in the precinct of the Nishtar Colonly police on Saturday. According to details, Adnan was going to drop her two sisters – Ayesha and 10-year old Uroosa–to a school when their motorcycle was badly […]
Iqbal Town police issued last warning over poor performance on January 14, 2017LAHORE: Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Dr Haider Ashraf has issued the last warning to officials of Iqbal Town police over their poor performance as the crime rate surges. He made these remarks during a meeting at Police Lines Qilla Gujjar Singh regarding the assessment of the crime ratio during the month of December […]
Robbers strike 200 times in just 11 days on January 13, 2017LAHORE: Though the city police had claimed a decline in crime rate in Punjab last year, more than 200 incidents of robbery and theft occurred in the provincial capital during first 11 days of January this year. At least 55 cars, 125 motorcycles and other vehicles were snatched or robbed in the city. Despite patrolling […]
Seven charred in fire at construction company’s office on January 12, 2017LAHORE: At least seven people were burnt to death while eight others sustained burn injures when a massive fire broke out at a construction company’s office near Mehmood Booti Interchange in the Manawan police limits on Wednesday. According to rescuers, the fire engulfed the entire building within minutes. Upon being informed, rescuers and firefighters reached […]
Rescue 1122 gets 832 litres of foam for firefighting on January 11, 2017LAHORE: The Total Parco Pakistan Limited (TPPL) has donated 832 litres of aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) to the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) for chemical firefighting on modern lines. The TPPL CEO and safety head handed over the AFFF to Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer during a ceremony held on Tuesday here […]