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Medical experts defend polio vaccination

By: Iqtidar Gilani | April 05, 2013

LAHORE – Dispelling the impression that polio vaccine lacks efficacy and can damage health, medical experts contended that it is necessary for every child to develop immunity against the ...

DRA allowing smuggling?

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 27, 2013

LAHORE – Smuggled drugs remain top choice of physicians due to high efficacy and absence of legal substitutes while the Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) has been dragging feet over the serious ...

LIFE at risk as SAVING drugs vanish

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 26, 2013

LAHORE – Various lifesaving and essential medicines, manufactured by pharmaceutical companies, have disappeared from the pharmacies in the province, putting serious threat to the patients lives ...

Another drug danger looms

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 21, 2013

LAHORE – Previously alarmed by dozens of deaths from Tyno and Dextro syrups, it seems the authorities concerned are waiting for more casualties since cough syrup having the suspicious compound ...

Election decorum blemished in recent by-polls: Fafen

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 20, 2013

LAHORE – Heavy deployment of police inside polling stations, unlawful campaigning and suspicious voting patterns marred the by-elections on February 18 in three provincial constituencies of ...

Wounds remain raw

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 20, 2013

LAHORE – The announcement of Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen to call off sit-in after negotiations with the parliamentary delegation) has failed to pacify the bereaved people showing solidarity with ...

Lahorites feel for Hazaras

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 19, 2013

LAHORE – The Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen continued its sit-in outside the Governor House on second day on Monday to condemn the terrorist attack on Hazaras in Quetta, bringing the life to a ...

Shahbaz convinces YDA to end strike

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 18, 2013

LAHORE – After successful negotiations with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Young Doctors Association on Sunday called off hunger strike, paving way for returning of normalcy at ...

‘Hungry’ docs stay out of hospitals

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 14, 2013

LAHORE – The Young Doctors Association continued hunger strike outside the Services Hospital on 10th day on Wednesday to press for its demand.The YDA also took out a rally from Services ...

‘Troublemakers’ caught on Jail Road

By: Iqtidar Gilani | February 11, 2013

LAHORE - Jail Road turned into a battlefield on Sunday when police foiled their attempt to leave hunger-strike camp for Metro Bus Service inauguration at Nishter Colony to present their demands to ...

JI, PML-F lend support to N sit-in, PTI does a somersault

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 28, 2013

LAHORE - Jamaat-i-Islami and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional of Pir Pagara on Sunday announced to join the opposition’s sit-in outside the Parliament House and march toward the Election ...

Eid Miladun Nabi celebrated

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 27, 2013

LAHORE –Eid Miladun Nabi was celebrated across the country including the City on Friday with religious zeal and reverence to mark the birth of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), amid elaborate security ...

Fafen sets alarm bell ringing over violence

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 22, 2013

LAHORE - Twenty-four political violence incidents claimed 45 lives and injured 74 others across the country from January 12 to 18. Civilians remained the major target, constituting 49 per cent of the ...

Factory worker found hanged

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 22, 2013

LAHORE – A 21-year-old factory worker committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in the Shahdara area, police said on Monday. Resident of Chishtian, Imran Munir, was residing ...

ARH providing medical services to all segments equally

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 21, 2013

LAHORE – Dispelling the impression of giving costly healthcare services affordable only for elite, Director Commercial Strategy and Development Al Razi Healthcare Dr Aamir Mehmood claimed that ...

Report rings alarm over 14pc increase in health problems

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 21, 2013

LAHORE - The disease burden saw 14 per cent increase to 31,536 cases per district during October from September’s 27,587 cases. Ninety two districts reported 2,901,262 disease incidence in the ...

Go long the marchers!

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 14, 2013

LAHORE - Dr Tahirul Qadri’s march on Islamabad finally began from Model Town on Sunday afternoon with a delay of over five hours, allegedly caused by the hindrances created by Punjab ...

Qadri refuses to budge on march

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 13, 2013

LAHORE - Dr Tahirul Qadri reiterated on Saturday that he will lead the march on Islamabad on Sunday, as scheduled.However, the second round of talks held in less than 24 hours between Tehrik Minhajul ...

Freezing City though sun shines

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 09, 2013

LAHORE –For the first time in the current winter, the mercury dropped to the freezing point of 0 degree Celsius, though the City witnessed a rare sunshine on Tuesday. The provincial metropolis ...

Sun sinks with no redemption

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 08, 2013

LAHORE - Incessant fog and the resultant absence of sunshine coupled with continuously blowing winds caused further dip in the mercury level across the country including the City on Monday, making ...

Winter woes worsen

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 07, 2013

LAHORE – Incessant fog, snowfall over the hills and continuously blowing winds increased intensity of cold wave by further decreasing the mercury level across the country including the City on ...

YDA takes a step back

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 06, 2013

LAHORE – Since its inception five years back, Punjab Young Doctors Association has eaten a humble pie for the first time as it called off strike unconditionally without dialogue, though giving ...

JUP recoils from MMA meeting

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 06, 2013

LAHORE – Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan has refused to attend next meeting of the revived alliance of religio-political parties, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, after refusal of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl ...

‘Wise’ doctors poles apart

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 05, 2013

LAHORE – The Gujranwala incident sparked a split in medical community with doctors representative bodies parting ways with the Punjab Young Doctors Association, demanding apology from the ...

Another sunless day in metropolis

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 05, 2013

LAHORE – The City experienced yet another sunless day in extreme cold on Friday with experts predicting the intense weather to persist during the next 3-4 days. Dense fog and severe cold ...

Weeklong sunless metropolis

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 03, 2013

LAHORE – A foggy sky is appeared to greet the people of Lahore for few more days as meteorologists predict incessant fog for another three days.The Punjab’s capital has been going through ...

Fogged City gets 20-min sunshine

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 02, 2013

LAHORE – Plains of the country including the City remained in the grip of biting cold and blanketed by dense fog on Tuesday with experts predicting the harsh weather conditions to persist ...

Health sector: what went wrong?

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 02, 2013, 1:14 pm

Last quarter of 2012 brings good news both for the healthcare providers and suffering humanity with the Punjab Government accepting 43 out of 45 demands of Young Doctors Association Punjab including ...

Haze hovers over City

By: Iqtidar Gilani | January 01, 2013

LAHORE – Plains of the country including the City remained in the grip of incessant fog and freezing cold on Monday, bringing the life to a standstill as low visibility caused closure of ...

City records coldest day at 1.4°C

By: Iqtidar Gilani | December 31, 2012

LAHORE – Incessant fog, snowfall over the hills and continuously blowing winds caused further decrease in the mercury level across the country including the City on Sunday with experts ...

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