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No immediate risk of medicine shortage but DRAP calls for preparedness

March 9, 2026

Islamabad: Pakistan’s drug regulator has advised pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers to diversify sources of raw materials and maintain adequate inventories to guard against potential...

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US detains contaminated wound care products, faulty medical devices from Pakistan

March 8, 2026

Islamabad: Contaminated wound dressings, faulty surgical steel and regulatory violations have triggered a series of import alerts by...

DRAP rejects allegations of delays in medical device approvals, cites digital reforms

Local generics for obesity, diabetes effective as branded ones, say specialists

DRAP brings Pakistan’s pharma industry in line with global GMP standards

Factory producing high-dose Indian tramadol brands busted in Karachi

Pakistan’s first ‘Robotic Whipple Surgery’ performed at PKLI

February 15, 2026

HSA to introduce degree-level education in Tibbe Unani

February 12, 2026

No job guarantee after costly MBBS, BDS as nearly 28,000 doctors unemployed in Pakistan

February 12, 2026

Why nearly 4000 Pakistani doctors left the country in 2025?

February 3, 2026

Private medical colleges to refund excess fees to students as PMDC, PAMI fix tuition cap at Rs1.8m

February 3, 2026

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Infectious Diseases

Pakistan’s first polio case of 2026 reported from Sindh’s Sujawal

DRAP rejects allegations of delays in medical device approvals, cites digital reforms

Infectious Diseases

Another rabies case reported in Karachi, fourth in Sindh this year

Shaukat Khanum Karachi set to open this year, seeks public support

Paan with chalia and tobacco is also cancer-causing, experts say

Infectious Diseases

WHO reports emergence of new recombinant mpox virus

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No immediate risk of medicine shortage but DRAP calls for preparedness

Pakistani firms planning to produce HIV drug WHO, UNAIDS calls ‘prevention breakthrough’

Non-Communicable Diseases

Khan’s ‘vision’ improved behind bars, doctors say

Non-Communicable Diseases

Health ministry proposes complete ban on vaping, Senator resists

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WELL-BEING

Unhealthy school food fuelling obesity and undernutrition, WHO warns

Should children aged 3 to 6 undergo weight-loss surgery?

Pakistani firms planning to produce HIV drug WHO, UNAIDS calls ‘prevention breakthrough’

4th health secretary leaves as reshuffle continues in health ministry

At least 25 killed as protests turn violent in Karachi, Islamabad and GB; hospitals on high alert

March 1, 2026

PM appoints Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar as HEC chairman

February 6, 2026

No private hospital in Islamabad holds valid licence despite regulator in place since 2018: NA panel

January 30, 2026

NRE Step 2 (CSE) Exam Scheduled for Late January–Early February 2026

January 23, 2026

Bariatric surgery outperforms medicines for diabetes control, major US study finds

January 22, 2026

PTCL confirms Telenor Pakistan acquisition, merger plan

January 1, 2026

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No immediate risk of medicine shortage but DRAP calls for preparedness

US detains contaminated wound care products, faulty medical devices from Pakistan

How many orphan children live in Pakistan and who cares for them?

Pakistani firms planning to produce HIV drug WHO, UNAIDS calls ‘prevention breakthrough’

Honey with antibiotics, salmonella in seafood compel FDA to detain Pakistani products

4th health secretary leaves as reshuffle continues in health ministry

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No immediate risk of medicine shortage but DRAP calls for preparedness

March 9, 2026

US detains contaminated wound care products, faulty medical devices from Pakistan

March 8, 2026

How many orphan children live in Pakistan and who cares for them?

March 7, 2026

Pakistani firms planning to produce HIV drug WHO, UNAIDS calls ‘prevention breakthrough’

March 6, 2026

Honey with antibiotics, salmonella in seafood compel FDA to detain Pakistani products

March 6, 2026