Morphine shortage hits hospitals on January 21, 2017LAHORE: City hospitals are facing an acute shortage of morphine for the last six months and that worries those trying to alleviate pain of cancer patients. Sources in Health Department have held the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination responsible for the morphine shortage at the government-run hospitals. Owing to the shortage of […]
Justice Khawaja takes oath as 23rd CJP on August 18, 2015ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday administered the oath of office as new Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to Justice Jawwad S Khawaja. The ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr and attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Federal Ministers Ishaq Dar and Pervaiz Rashid. The ceremony was also attended by judges, Senate […]
Pakistan International Airline begins Haj operation on August 18, 2015ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airline’s Haj Operation commenced on Monday with flights departing from Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Islamabad for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Prime minister’s Special Assistant on Aviation Shujaat Azeem and senior officials of the PIA bid farewell to the intending pilgrims of the airline’s first flight from the capital. Meanwhile the intending […]
CDA chief reviews progress of Park Enclave work on August 18, 2015ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal and Member Administration and Estate Amer Ali Ahmed on Monday visited the Park Enclave housing project to review the ongoing development work. The Planning, Land and Engineering Wing of the Capital Development Authority briefed participants at the occasion. While reviewing progress about the ongoing construction on […]
Altaf urges Nawaz to pluck up courage to raise Kashmir issue on August 18, 2015LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday regretted that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not uttered a single word over the Kashmir issue during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi while the latter time and again raised the Mumbai attack. Addressing an iftar-cum-dinner gathering hosted by Mohibban-e-Pakistan in Saudi Arabia and other […]
14 persons die in Kashmir flash flood on August 3, 2015MIRPUR – At least 14 persons died and a dozen others injured in various incidents due to recent flash floods in various parts of Azad Jammu Kashmir, official sources said on Monday. As many as 25 houses were damaged completely and 78 partially following the heavy rainfall and floods in the seasonal nullahs, the […]
BJP leader calls Article 370 on Kashmir Nehrus blunder on August 3, 2015CHANDRAPUR – Indian economist and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Prof Subramanian Swamy said on Sunday that history needs to be rewritten with the right perspective to enable India to emerge as a powerful nation. “History needs to be rewritten in right perspective so that the young generation gets rid of their low self-esteem […]
No dialogue if Kashmir not on agenda: Pakistan on August 3, 2015ISLAMABAD: Days after opposition parties in Pakistan lambasted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his government for what they said ‘appeasing’ New Delhi by keeping mum on Kashmir and Indian involvement in Balochistan during an hour-long meeting between two prime ministers in Russian city of Ufa on the sideline of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, Pakistan […]
Flood relief activities : NDMA teams to coordinate with civil and military authorities on August 3, 2015ISLAMABAD: Another high flood discharge peak is currently being experienced at Taunsa Barrage on the River Indus. The same is now heading towards Guddu and Sukkur Barrages, already experiencing high flood levels. In the wake of current flood situation, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has already deployed teams in the flood-affected areas of […]