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Mayo Hospital controversy deepens: Health minister, secretary knew about medicines issue before CM’s visit

1 month ago | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry |Abbas Nasir

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’ recent scheduled visit to Mayo Hospital and her ‘controversial’ remarks to Medical Superintendent Prof Dr Faisal Masood over the complaints of the patients of medicines shortage generated a new controversy when it transpired that the MS had already tendered his resignation following Rs3.5bn pending liabilities of the institute while the health minister and secretary allegedly knew about the issue very well.
CM’s warning to field cops

Jan 26, 2025 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry |Abbas Nasir

LAHORE: Expressing concern at surging crime rate in Punjab, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz reprimanded the city and district police officers for not taking preemptive measures to stop killings and control other crimes in the province, warning them that those showing below average performance would be removed from their positions.
Doctor arrested for firing on school buses in Lahore

Jan 16, 2025 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE: Police arrested a grade 19 doctor in a terrorism case after he allegedly opened fire on two school buses in the Cantonment area on Wednesday morning. One of the buses was carrying students at the time of the incident, according to the police. The suspect, identified as Dr Zulqernain Butt, is a senior consultant anesthetist at the Services Hospital.
Punjab police launch units to investigate sexual crimes under anti-rape act

Jan 15, 2025 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry |Zahid Hussain

LAHORE: The Punjab police investigation department is all set to field 1,450 specially trained officers to run the Special Sexual Offences Investigation Units (SSOIUs) across the province in alignment with the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act. These dedicated units were established in Punjab under section 9 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021 following the longstanding complaints of defective investigations into the rape and other sexual crime cases.
Lahore cop involved in drugs smuggling injured in clash with LEAs

Jan 11, 2025 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry |Shahid Mehmood

LAHORE: A police head constable allegedly involved in cross-border smuggling of drugs through drones was injured during a raid of the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in Hadiara, close to the Pakistan-India border. The incident took place some days back and the injured policeman, Head Constable Khurram Shahzad Khan, was shifted to hospital where his condition was said to be critical. Sources said a bullet hit in his abdomen and another in his leg during an armed clash with a law enforcement agency.
Punjab set to raise new ‘riot management’ force

Jan 9, 2025 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE: A summary before Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz calls for raising a new ‘riot management police’ (RMP), consisting of 5,000 personnel to handle large crowds and violent protests, Dawn has learnt. The summary, moved by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar, was given the green light by the chief minister after he and DIG Athar Waheed briefed her on the significance of the force.
Man twice implicated in false cases for ‘exposing police fuel sale’ in Lahore

Dec 9, 2024 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE: A welding shop owner has approached the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) with a complaint against a network of “corrupt” police officials, who twice implicated him in fabricated cases for allegedly exposing a scam of sale of officially-supplied fuel meant for police vehicles. The complainant, Mohammad Riaz, a welding shop owner, was booked twice by the Ghalib market police and allegedly kept in custody by police of three districts- Lahore, Kasur and Sheikhpura.
Police identify 35 people involved in Nishtar AIDS scandal

Nov 26, 2024 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry |Jawed Naqvi

LAHORE: Multan Police identified 30-35 people, including the Nishtar Hospital staff, who were behind the alleged tampering with the record of the kidney patients who tested positive for HIV/AIDS. However, police lack the mandate to investigate the health professionals.
Maryam orders action against VC of Nishtar medical varsity, other officials

Nov 22, 2024 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry

Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Friday visited the Nishtar Hospital Multan and directed the health secretary to initiate strict departmental action against Nishtar Medical University Multan Vice Chancellor Mehnaz Khakwani, MS Dr Mohammad Kazim Khan, head of the nephrology department, and five other medics and other staff after multiple inquiry reports confirmed outbreak of the HIV/AIDs led to transmission of the virus to 25 patients.
18 hospitals reprimanded over idle ventilators, delayed drugs purchase

Nov 22, 2024 | dawn.com | Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE: The Punjab health department issued letters of displeasure to heads of six teaching hospitals of the province following reports that 184 ventilators at Intensive Care Units (ICUs) out of 545 (34 per cent) were not functioning, denying healthcare to critical patients. Similarly, it has shown serious displeasure to the heads of 12 other hospitals for not completing the process for the procurement of medicines and medical devices at their respective institutes.