Man seeks Shaheed Package for martyred mother
Peshawar
May 11, 2021
HANGU: A resident of Ali Sherzai area in central Kurram has demanded the government high-ups to provide him compensation for the house destroyed and a Shaheed Package for his mother martyred in a mortar shell attack a decade ago.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, Watan Gul, the son of martyred Shamshad Bibi and a resident of Kharasho village in Ali Sherzai area in central Kurram district, said that their house had destroyed when a mortar shell struck it during a military operation against the militants in the area.
Covid continues to take heavy toll on medics
65th doctor falls prey to deadly contagion which claims another 43 lives in K-P
PHOTO: REUTERS
PESHAWAR:
The number of health workers killed in the pandemic has reached 101 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province as yet another doctor became the casualty on Tuesday.
Dr Noor Islam was the former Medical Officer (MO) District Headquarters Hospital Mardan and he succumbed to Covid-19 in the hospital.
He was admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) 18 days ago when his condition deteriorated and he had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
He also served as Medico legal officer. His death has pushed up the total number of doctors killed so far in the pandemic to 65. In total around 101 frontline health workers have lost their lives including 65 doctors, 16 paramedics, seven nurses and 13 others workers including drivers, technicians and ward attendants etc.
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