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Pakistan healthcare


Mustafa Kamal: 14 Months of Health Work Better Than 30 Years
September 12, 2026
KARACHI: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has claimed that the government’s work in Pakistan’s healthcare sector over the past 14 months has been…

Al-Mustafa Trust Provides Free Healthcare to 1.8 Million Patients in One Year
September 11, 2026
RAWALPINDI, September 10: Al-Mustafa Trust said around 1.8 million patients received healthcare services through its nationwide network during the past year as the organisation…

40,000 FUTURE CITIZENS — WHO WILL ANSWER?
September 8, 2026
■ One Parliamentary Alarm. Where Are the Guardians of the Public Trust? ■ No, Mr Minister. I am not ready to lose another generation.…

Dr. Abdul Bari Khan Named Recipient of 2026 Hovey Impact Award
September 7, 2026
KARACHI: Dr. Abdul Bari Khan, Founder, President and CEO of the Indus Hospital & Health Network (IHHN), has been honoured with the 2026 James…

Nurse Who Saved Newborn in PIMS Fire to Receive Medal, Rs10m Reward
September 3, 2026
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a Tamgha-e-Khidmat and a Rs10 million cash reward for nurse Razia Noreen, who risked her life to…

Holy Family Hospital Doctors Successfully Reattach Severed Hand of 5-Year-Old
August 31, 2026
RAWALPINDI: Doctors at Holy Family Hospital have successfully reattached the completely severed hand of a five-year-old boy from Jhelum through a complex replantation procedure,…

PIMS Fire: Petition Filed in Islamabad High Court Seeking Investigation, Fire Safety Enforcement
August 29, 2026
ISLAMABAD: Separate petitions have been filed in the Islamabad High Court seeking an investigation into the PIMS hospital fire that reportedly killed 14 infants,…

Healthcare system failure
August 28, 2026
The devastating fire at Islamabad’s Pims Hospital, which claimed the lives of 14 newborns in the Mother and Child Health Ward, has shaken the…

Tragedy at PIMS: A Wake-Up Call for Hospital Safety in Pakistan
August 27, 2026
The horrific fire that engulfed the nursery ward of the Mother and Child Health center at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, claiming the…