Transformation for survival
January 18, 2021
Religious parties have always been very instrumental in the making and breaking of governments – military and civilian – in Pakistan.
They work in pockets in different areas of the country. And running in the mainstream of national-level politics has kept them away from becoming a party of a specific region or a province. The good thing about them is that they are also the units of federation. They score less seats in the legislature, but they do represent all of Pakistan, with their elected members becoming part of the National Assembly from all four provinces of the country. Their participation in coalition governments or part of the opposition shows that they are a rather important ingredient in the country’s politics.
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Doctor dies of coronavirus, number rises to 37 in KP
Peshawar
December 19, 2020
PESHAWAR: One more doctor died of Covid-19 on Friday amid increasing number of positive cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Dr. Muzaffar Syed had contracted with coronavirus infection a few weeks ago and was under treatment in Coronavirus ICU ward of Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital.
Paying tribute to Dr. Muzaffar Shah and martyred doctors due to infectious virus, Provincial Doctors Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that so far 37 doctors and more than 40 other health staff members had died of coronavirus in the province.
Dr. Muzaffar Syed was endocrinology specialist and was posted as a
Nearly a fourth of Covid tests positive in Hyderabad
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Ag APP
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: One more frontline doctor fell victim to the coronavirus on Friday, as Pakistan saw 83 Covid-19-related fatalities and 2,972 infections in a single day amid a second wave surge that has seen nearly a fourth of Covid tests coming up positive in Hyderabad.
The frontline worker, identified as Dr Muzaffar Syed, died in a Peshawar. He reportedly contracted the coronavirus infection a few weeks ago and was under treatment in the coronavirus intensive care ward of Saidu Sharif’s Teaching Hospital. Dr Syed was an endocrinology specialist and was posted as a medical officer at Civil Hospital Barikot.
Governor Shah farman grieves over demise of another doctor
Peshawar
December 19, 2020
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman Friday expressed grief and sorrow over demise of another doctor, Muzaffar Syed due to corona infection at Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital.
In a statement issued here, he expressed sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed courage to bear the loss with fortitude and eternal peace for the departed soul.
Paying tribute to the martyr doctors, the governor said that the role of doctors and para medic staff remained highly appreciable in the war against corona pandemic, adding that the doctors and health workers were providing medical care to corona patients while risking their own lives.