Govt hospitals in capital running without MRI machines, NA told on October 21, 2021The only two available MRI machines in the federal capital hospitals, where a large number of patients visit on daily basis to get various kinds of treatment, have been lying dysfunctional for the last several months. “Yes, it’s true that there are only two MRI machines, one at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) […]
Anti-govt protests from tomorrow on October 19, 2021Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday announced that the opposition will hold countrywide protests and rallies from October 20. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, he said, “Our demand is to hold a general election.” He said unless there are transparent general elections in the country, there is no justification to […]
Increase in strength of nurses at govt hospitals demanded on October 18, 2021Pakistan has only 90,000 qualified nurses to cater to over 232 million populations whereas the country has already a significant gap in doctor-patient ratio which eventually results suffering of patients in hospitals while to enhance the strength of nurses is contemporary way out to cope with this overwhelming issue in medical sector. This was said […]
EU Parliament set to introduce new law to boost exports of 67 countries on October 17, 2021The European Parliament and the Council are set to pass the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) which will give Pakistan’s exports to the European Union (EU) a huge boost as under this legislation the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance to be introduced to promote the sustainable development in the low-income countries. […]
PMC announces MDCAT results,with passing ratio of 35.4 percent on October 10, 2021Aftermath of weeks-long protest by students against some major technical errors during digitized MDCAT 2021 exams, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) held post-exam analysis and the Commission announced the final result of the MDCAT-2021 exams on Saturday. President PMC and Vice President PMC Dr Arshad Taqi and Ali Raza formally announced the results of Medical […]
NA adjourned once again due to lack of quorum on September 23, 2021The National Assembly for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday failed to complete its business due to lack of quorum. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Murtaza Javaid Abbasi pointed out the quorum which was seen clearly lacking near the end of the question-hour. As per NA rules of business, presence of at least 86 members (one-fourth […]
Over 1,000 posts lying vacant in housing ministry on September 20, 2021In what may be seen as a surprising revelation, as many as 1,035 posts of different cadres have been lying vacant in the Ministry of Housing and Works (MOH&W) and its attached departments for many years. According to the documents available with Daily Times, out of a total of 232 sanctioned positions, there are 188 […]
‘Hurriedly called’ NA session adjourned without taking up single agenda item on September 18, 2021The ‘hurriedly called’ session of the National Assembly (NA) was on Friday adjourned due to lack of quorum. The NA Secretariat had at 7pm on Thursday issued session’s meet-up notification, comprising 22 agenda items to be discussed. However, the House could not take up even a single agenda item as the government failed to complete […]
President may face resistance in his address to joint sitting today on September 13, 2021President Dr Arif Alvi is set to address a joint sitting of parliament today (Monday) to formally begin new and fourth parliamentary year of National Assembly (NA) during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s regime. The announcement for convening the joint sitting was released by Parliament media secretariat which stated that besides President and other parliamentarians all provincial chief […]
Promotions, appointments at HEC despite court ban on August 23, 2021In an example of disregarding the courts’ directives, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has made many promotions of its staffers in direct violation of court orders, Daily Times has learnt reliably. According to the available documents, after his removal under a presidential ordinance former HEC chairperson Dr Tariq Banuri approached Sindh High Court (SHC) with […]