South Korea to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors – World
SEOUL: South Korea said on Monday it had started procedures to suspend the medical licences of 4,900 junior doctors who have resigned and stopped working to protest government medical training reforms, causing healthcare chaos. The walkout, which started Feb 20, is over government plans to sharply increase the number of doctors, which it says is […]
Griezmann back as Atletico face Inter challenge in crunch week
MADRID: Atletico Madrid host Champions League runners-up Inter Milan on Wednesday boosted by key player Antoine Griezmann’s likely return from injury. Diego Simeone’s side stumbled 1-0 in Milan in February in the last 16 first leg clash, with Griezmann spraining his ankle at the San Siro. The French forward missed four games since, of which […]
Barca face biggest game of the season against Napoli: Xavi – Sport
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Champions League last-16 second leg tie at home to Napoli will be their most important game of the season, manager Xavi Hernandez said on Monday. The first leg was 1-1 and Barca on Tuesday have a chance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2020 after failing to get past the […]
YDA besieges Services’ medical superintendent office over house job issue of 107 medics in Lahore – Pakistan
LAHORE: The young doctors of the Services Hospital Lahore on Monday besieged the office of the medical superintendent (MS) to pressurise him into issuing house job completion certificates to 107 doctors of the private hospitals, who had not been acknowledged by a committee constituted for the purpose. The doctors turned aggressive, used abusive language against […]
PTI plans shadow cabinet to monitor Punjab govt – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to form a shadow cabinet in Punjab to monitor the provincial government’s performance in each administrative department. Party’s senior leader Mian Aslam Iqbal, in hiding since the May 9 violent protest, says the party has decided to form a shadow cabinet to scrutinise the performance of the ‘stolen-mandate government’ […]
Flash floods, rains suspend Pak-Iran transport service – Pakistan
QUETTA: Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains in Chagai, Noshki and other districts of Balochistan, have blocked national highways and washed away railway tracks at many points, suspending transport services between Pakistan and Iran. Officials said that both districts in western Balochistan, bordering Afghanistan, experienced heavy rain that began between Sunday night and Monday, lasting […]
Flutter of the butterfly’s wings – Pakistan
ABOUT dialectics, the rulebook says, any two phenomena in the big world are related in a range of ways. “The flapping of the wings of a butterfly can be felt on the other side of the world”, goes a Chinese proverb. Ponder the unstated coincidence between what some analysts see as terse greetings Prime Minister […]
Tribunal upholds ruling against P&G – Business
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal has upheld an order passed by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) against Proctor and Gamble Pakistan (P&G) for engaging in deceptive marketing practices. The tribunal dismissed the appeal filed by the P&G and ruled that the CCP has the authority to determine the legitimacy of a complaint and to […]
Finance czar commits to continuing caretakers’ policies – Business
ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday laid out his singular agenda: to focus on the implementation of much-needed reforms and secure a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pull the economy out of crisis. “No debates, no waste of time — just a steadfast commitment to implementation,” the former […]
Ramazan begins today after moon sighted – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Monday announced the sighting of moon and first day of the holy month of Ramazan will fall on Tuesday. The committee’s meeting was held at the office of the administrator of Auqaf in the provincial capital with Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, head of the central moon sighting committee, in […]