PESHAWAR: A law recently passed by National Assembly to constitute ‘allied health council’ has perturbed members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Physical Therapists Association and they have demanded of the government to form a separate council for them as they have completed five-year degree like medical doctors. “The National Assembly passed a bill according to which Pakistan...

LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department have unearthed a scam of posting of nurses on the fake Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) recommendation letters allegedly prepared and entertained by a network of officials within the department and hospitals. The department has initially identified that 18 charge nurses (BPS-16) serving at the Kot...

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Pakistan and Facebook have recently launched a campaign to promote life-saving immunisation as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life for many, including children in need of routine immunisation, In countries like Pakistan, additional roadblocks as a result of the pandemic have been compounded by an existing hesitancy in some...

Karachi: The first-ever global convocation ceremony of the Aga Khan University (AKU) was live-streamed to a worldwide audience today, as 667 students on three continents received their degrees and listened to speeches by His Highness the Aga Khan, Chief Guest Melinda French Gates and AKU President Firoz Rasul. His Highness the Aga Khan, AKU’s founder and...