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Prescribe medicines with generic and not brand names, DRAP tells…
DRAP asks all provinces to make sure doctors prescribe medicines with their generic names.Drug Lawyers Forum president says doctors and pharmaceutical companies violate drug regulatory laws.DRAP announcement comes after citizens complained…
Religious leaders announce nationwide shutter-down strike today
Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman announces nationwide shutter-down strike.Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Mufti Taqi Usmani condemn Lahore violence, with Fazl announcing support for Mufti Muneeb's strike call.Mufti Usmani says attacks on police by "certain"…
11 policemen held hostage by banned TLP in Lahore released:…
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Monday announced that 11 policemen, who were taken hostage in Lahore by the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been released after negotiations carried out by the Punjab…
Weekly currency update: Pakistani rupee to remain stable in…
Traders expect the Pakistani rupee to remain stable in the coming week.The local unit follows a range-bound trading pattern, hovering at 152.75 to 152.81 against the dollar in the interbank market.Pakistani rupee in the coming week helped…
Coronavirus: Pakistan reports highest single day death toll in…
Pakistan has recorded 149 deaths on Sunday — the second-highest coronavirus fatalities since the pandemic emerged last year.The positivity rate of coronavirus stood at 8.52% on Saturday.6,127 new positive cases emerge during the past 24…
Schools closure: On-campus classes from grades 1-8 will remain…
Classes from grades 1-8 to remain closed Universities in affected districts to hold online classesNo cancellation or delay in Cambridge exams, says Shafqat Mehmood
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Sunday announced…
PM Imran Khan pays tribute to police for heroic standagainst…
PM Imran Khn pays special tribute to police for "heroic stand" against bannd organisation's protestWe will take are of families of the martyrs, says PM Imran Khan"Organised volence" intended to blackmail government, says the prime ministe
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Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram suspended in…
ISLAMABAD: Social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Instagram have been suspended in Pakistan from 11 am till 3pm, the interior ministry told on Friday.
The ministry said that the Pakistan Telecommunication…
US envoy appreciates Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace…
US envoy, army chief discuss matters of mutual interest, overall regional security situation, and Afghan peace process.Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa hopes for greater Pak-US bilateral cooperation in all domains in the…
PEMRA bans TV, radio coverage of proscribed organisation TLP
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday banned coverage by all television and radio licensees of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
PEMRA's notification followed one by the Ministry of…