Doctors in Punjab still not paid Doctors recruited on an ad hoc basis and through the Punjab Public Service Commission to man government hospitals during the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab strike have still not been paid their first salaries. Ad hoc doctors said that they had been working for a month and a half […]
Aug 13 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has given approval to a new transfer policy for the posting of officers of the government departments in Balochistan, the war-torn province. This development is in compliance with the directives PM Ashraf had issued during his recent visit to Balochistan to devise a policy relating to the deployment of government […]
Aug 13 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Society |
Read More »
Quetta: (Saturday, August 11, 2012) Federal Minister for Information and member special Cabinet Committee on Balochistan, Qamar Zaman Kaira said here today that provincial government is responsible of maintaining law and order situation. Kaira, who was talking to the journalists on his arrival at the Quetta airport along with other members including Farooq H Naek […]
Aug 12 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Politics |
Read More »
Quetta: (Saturday, August 11, 2012) Protesting against abduction of Dr Ghulam Rasool, doctors’ strike in Balochistan has entered into 11th consecutive day. The government and law enforcement agencies seem oblivious of the presence of the issue that has started to affect the local patients seriously and are yet to take serious measures that may assure […]
Aug 11 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Society |
Read More »
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday said that demand of independence was not popular in Balochistan, saying the slogan for separation from Pakistan was only being raised by a handful of people in the province. Speaking to media the provincial metropolis, the minister said that the impression that the government had […]
The government has decided to beef up security for religious minorities after reports emerged that a large-scale migration of Hindu families to India was on the cards due to security concerns. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik took notice of large-scale migration of Hindu families to India, saying visas had been issued to 250 Hindus families […]
Aug 10 2012 | Posted in
National,
Pakistan |
Read More »
Doctor’s strike in Quetta reaches 9th day Local doctors went on strike on July 31, following the kidnapping of a well-known psychiatrist Dr Ghulam Rasool and the government’s failure to get him released. The strike has spread across several government and private hospitals in the city. Outpatient departments, operation theatres and labour and gynecological wards […]
Aug 9 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Quetta: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) Protesting against the forced abduction of Dr Ghulam Rasool, the doctors’ strike in Balochistan has entered in eighth day. The doctors in Balochistan, including Quetta, are observing this strike on request of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) to push the government to make efforts for release of Dr Ghulam Rasool’s […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Quetta: (Tuesday, August 8, 2012) In a bomb blast targeting security officials in Turbat, at least 4 security men have been killed while many others have sustained injuries. According to the details, the bomb was planted alongside a road in Turbat’s Shapik area. The voice of powerful explosion was heard even in the areas quite […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain vowed to safeguard the traders of Karachi, saying the provincial government has been failed to protect its business people. Address a traditional Iftar party of MQM, Hussain said, “If it is a war then we too will get fully involved in it. The MQM would set up a […]
Quetta: (Tuesday, August 07, 2012) Over the protracted abduction of Dr. Ghulam Rasool, the doctors in Balochistan continued their boycott of the OPDs on Monday. The doctors, however, provided emergency services in both the private and public hospitals. It has been the sixth day since the doctors in Quetta and rest of the province are […]
Aug 7 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Karachi: (Monday, August 06, 2012) Rehman Malik, advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs, said here today that Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif is in his office for past four years only because of a legal stay order. Malik, who was talking to the media personnel at Karachi airport, denied having a role in […]