ISLAMABADPolice detain around 100 protesting students at QAU
ISLAMABAD: Police on Monday conducted an operation in Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) and detained around 100 students, mainly belonging to the Baloch council, who resorted to protests and boycott of e
Oct 23, 2017
ISLAMABADLack of facilities, unhygienic conditions at PIMS adding to patients’ woes
Hospital gives a look of a refugee camp as the attendants of patients have set up tents on lawn of the facility to take cover in heat and downpours since there is no shed. ISLAMABAD:
Oct 22, 2017
NATIONAL‘Balochistan, Pakhtunkhwa have no TB diagnosis vans’
ISLAMABAD: Out of 95 mobile TB diagnosis vans, not a single vehicle is operating in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Balochistan, while 70 such vans are operating in Sindh and 16 in Punjab, according to a r
Oct 21, 2017
ISLAMABADPermanent sit-in camp set-up at PIMS as employees’ protest continues
ISLAMABAD: With no immediate solution to the ongoing crisis in sight, the protesting employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have setup a permanent sit-in camp within the premis
Oct 20, 2017
ISLAMABADPatients facing enormous hardships at PIMS gynae department
ISLAMABAD: Poor pregnant women are passing through a great ordeal as they are forced to stand in long queues for hours outside the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Department of Gynecolog
Oct 19, 2017
ISLAMABADQAU students likely to end strike after intervention from local administration
ISLAMABAD: All suspended academic activities are likely to commence at the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) from Friday as negotiations are underway between the protesting students and the district admin
Oct 19, 2017
NATIONALSale of unregistered, fake and sub-standard drugs: DRAP seeks report on drug mafias
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has directed the chief drug inspectors of the four federating units along with Gilgit-Baltistan and the chief commissioner, Islamabad, to pro
Oct 18, 2017
NATIONALAIDS Control Programme has no fund to continue work
Pakistan is second largest country in South Asia with HIV epidemic ISLAMABAD: Despite alarming increase in HIV cases, the cash-starved National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) is struggling to reverse the rising tide since<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/14/aids-control-programme-has-no-fund-to-continue-work/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Oct 14, 2017
ISLAMABADPM signs summary separating PIMS from SZABMU, but protests continue
ISLAMABAD: Though Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has signed the summary for the restoration of the status of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital, the poor patients will co
Oct 12, 2017
ISLAMABADTussle between VC, Academic Council impacting QAU
ASA alleges VC of mismanagement, financial embezzlementVC claims internal politics affecting university operationsISLAMABAD: The on-going tussle between the Academic Staff Association (ASA
Oct 11, 2017
ISLAMABADQAU ASA threatens to go on strike if expelled students restored
ISLAMABAD: The Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Academic Staff Association (ASA) has threatened to go on strike if the expelled students, involved in clashes among two student organisations, are restored. Dozens of students, representing Quadian Student<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/10/qau-asa-threatens-to-go-on-strike-if-expelled-students-restored/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Oct 10, 2017
NATIONALPIMS employees to hold protest at D-Chowk
ISLAMABAD: Owing to the sufferings being faced by the patients, employees of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have decided to review their protest plan and have decided to hold a tok
Oct 7, 2017