Telenor Pakistan to provide free calls in severely flood-affected areas
ISLAMABAD: Extending its support to fellow Pakistanis, Telenor Pakistan has enabled free voice calls for its users in flood affected areas of country. Torrential rains this year have wreaked unprecedented havoc across country, dealing heavy damage to...
PTCL Group opens doors of its medical centers for flood affected people
Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Group has opened doors of its medical centres for flood affected people in Swat, Dera Ismail Khan, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Larkana, Hyderabad, Malir and Quetta. Centres will operate to facilita...
Adamjee Insurance, Sehat Kahani sign deal for digital health services
KARACHI: Adamjee Insurance announced that it signed an agreement with Sehat Kahani a leading telemedicine platform aiming to provide health care (OPD) services as value added service to its existing and potential Health Insurance subscribers. Collabo...
PM says polio-free country ‘national goal’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif terming ‘Polio-free Pakistan’ a national goal urged citizens to cooperate with polio teams for complete eradication of crippling disease from country. “This is a testing time with resurgence...
For the sake of our little ones
It is very unfortunate that polio workers are once again in line of fire in the KP province, where the polio cases have staged resurgence with as many as 14 cases in recent months. Two cops who were on duty of guarding a polio team which was ad...
Dr Azra says to engage private providers for immunization, preventative healthcare
Karachi: Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho in a meeting with Aga Khan University’s senior project lead, Dr. Shehla Zaidi discuss how to better engage private providers in immunisation as well as preventativ...
PM Shehbaz orders payment of cash assistance to flood-affected people within three days
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued directions for payment of cash assistance of fifty thousand rupees per family to flood-affected people within three days. Chairing a meeting of Flood Relief Coordination Committee here, he said an amou...
CM Murad launches province wide anti-polio drive
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah launched province-wide anti-polio campaign at National Institute of Child Health (NICH). Minister Health Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Aziz Memon, Secretary Health Zulfiqar Shah, Commissioner Karachi...
Alkhidmat dispatches 2 more relief trucks for Balochistan flood victims
Karachi: Alkhidmat dispatched two more trucks laden with relief supplies for flood victims in Balochistan. These additional trucks were sent with collaboration of Alkhidmat Foundation Women's Wing Trust under supervision of Executive Director Alkhidm...
PMA shocked over medicine shortage, its price rise
KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) at a meeting discussed issue of shortage of essential medicine and increase of medicine price. Meeting presided over through video link by Dr Salma Aslam Kundi, Honourary President PMA Centre was attended b...
