ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Health Ejaz Rahim would be inspecting the 30 medical institutions that have been accorded interim recognition regarding human organs transplant.This was decided in the 3rd meeting of Human Organs Transplant …

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf inaugurated the burn care centre, first ever in the public sector, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. The centre which is of international standard has been completed …

SRINAGAR: Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which was once an AIDS free region, is slowly turning out to be a ‘breeding ground’ for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) with an annual increase of 150 cases reported in …

ISLAMABAD: Senior Special Magistrate of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued a court notice to ‘Islamabad Chai’ a local company and asked him to appear before the court for providing the sub-standard tea to …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Muhammad Nasir Khan has directed the heads of all federal government hospitals to ensure provision of free of cost medicines to the needy and the poor. Chairing a meeting …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health Muhammad Nasir Khan has said that every public and private hospital and medical institution that intends to perform human organs transplant will have to register with the Authority. He was chairing …

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr. Mohammad Akram Sheikh has said the government has allocated huge funds for the promotion of science and technology including bio-technology and production of vaccines for various diseases. He …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Nauraiz Shakoor Khan said the government is pursuing a comprehensive policy to provide safe drinking water to people on priority basis across the country. He was addressing …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Muhammad Naseer Khan has said that drug testing laboratories, at district level will be set up throughout the country to keep a constant check on quality of medicines. Addressing the …

ISLAMABAD: While expressing concern over the illegal trade of human organs in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government will ensure passage of the bill aimed at ending the illegal trade and …