LAHORE: The Punjab Health Department has dismissed from service 60 house officers/postgraduate trainees and served notices on 84 medical officers under the PIDA Act, for participating in the ongoing strike and disrupting the healthcare services in teaching hospitals of the Punjab after the 24-hour ultimatum ended. The list of doctors, who have been dismissed from […]
LAHORE: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid and Muslim League-Like Minded provincial information secretary Mian Asif met here on Sunday and decided to increase contacts between the two parties. They also decided to hold joint protest meetings in various constituencies of the provincial metropolis against the policies of the government. Both leaders also discussed “failed” […]
PESHAWAR: Prominent writer, academician and columnist Dr Zahoor Ahmad Awan passed away after protracted illness at Lady Reading Hospital here on Sunday. He was 69. His funeral was held at Army Officers Colony in Peshawar Cantonment and was aid to rest at University of Peshawar. He left behind a widow, two sons and three daughters. […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seen a stunning and remarkable growth in both, the mobile subscriber base and the Short Message Service (SMS) traffic during the past few years and it seems to be ready for 3G and other broadband applications. Advertising seems to act as an attractive potential driver for SMS traffic, and it demands on […]
KARACHI: A delegation of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) on Sunday visited the Karachi Press Club (KPC). President BFUJ Rooh-ul-Amin Ghazi led the delegation. The delegation met with KPC President Tahir Hassan Khan and other office-bearers. Amin was of the view that both the countries face similar challenges and problems. He further pointed out […]
HYDERABAD/SUKKUR: Over 150 photographs and 60 books about Zulfikar Ali Bhutto were put on display on the first day of a three-day photo exhibition, which started on Sunday at the Sindh Museum. The exhibition, organised by the Sindh culture department, displayed pictures from Bhutto’s childhood till his death. The Sindh Museum attracted several visitors, including […]
KARACHI: The University of Oxford has awarded a Ph.D degree to an MNA from Sindh and former district nazim of Khairpur Nafisa Shah for her study on honour killing in Upper Sindh. Praising the quality of the thesis, the examiners said that the argument and the data mustered to support the theses were original, persuasive […]
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