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No pharma gifts, foreign family trips or romantic ties with patients, PMDC tells doctors

March 2, 2026

Islamabad: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has barred doctors and dentists from accepting gifts, financial benefits or sponsorship and enjoying foreign trips...

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

March 1, 2026

Karachi: At least 25 people were killed and more than 130 injured as protests turned violent in Karachi,...

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

Factory producing high-dose Indian tramadol brands busted in Karachi

Medical Education

HSA to introduce degree-level education in Tibbe Unani

Pharmacy Act reform begins but pharmacists warn against curbing council’s independence

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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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

Locally manufactured life-saving medical equipment handed to NICVD, Indus Hospital

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

Infectious Diseases

Pakistan yet to end mother-to-child HIV, syphilis transmission as Denmark, 20 countries succeed

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

Non-Communicable Diseases

Shifa to treat heart attack, stroke patients in emergency regardless of ability to pay

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WELL-BEING

Unhealthy school food fuelling obesity and undernutrition, WHO warns

Only 20% newborns breastfed in first hour of birth in Pakistan

Over 2,500 orphans pick Eid outfits and gifts as Alkhidmat hosts five-day shopping drive

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

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 pharma gifts, foreign family trips or romantic ties with patients, PMDC tells doctors

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

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

Over 2,500 orphans pick Eid outfits and gifts as Alkhidmat hosts five-day shopping drive

Infectious Diseases

Pakistan yet to end mother-to-child HIV, syphilis transmission as Denmark, 20 countries succeed

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

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No pharma gifts, foreign family trips or romantic ties with patients, PMDC tells doctors

March 2, 2026

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

March 1, 2026

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

February 28, 2026

Over 2,500 orphans pick Eid outfits and gifts as Alkhidmat hosts five-day shopping drive

February 28, 2026

Pakistan yet to end mother-to-child HIV, syphilis transmission as Denmark, 20 countries succeed

February 27, 2026