Category: Updates

Calls for regulatory body to make it more effective From Our Correspondent KARACHI: The Sindh Injured Persons Compulsory Medical Treatment (Amal Umer) Act 2019, recently passed by the Sindh Assembly, to provide emergency healthcare services to critically injured persons is a welcome step. This was said by Chairman Dr Ziauddin Group of Hospitals Dr Asim […]

By Dr Asim Hussain That particular moment is extremely difficult to bear when your loved ones are brutally tortured, killed, harassed and ostensibly humiliated in front of your eyes and you are left with nothing to do except facing that massive level of indignity and enduring seclusion with mouth shutting and just rendering sacrifices of […]

In the absence of a monitoring and regulatory body to ensure the implementation of the recently enacted Sindh Injured Persons Compulsory Medical Treatment (Amal Umer) Act 2019, the law is not likely to bring any significant improvement in healthcare as it contains lots of legal complications and ambiguities, and needs amendments to become an effective […]

JJVL case against Dr Asim By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: Prosecution witness Shoaib Ahmed, the company secretary of the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), appeared before the accountability court IV for recording his statements in NAB reference No.19/2016 of Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) case, against former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and others on […]

By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: The NAB’s prosecution witness Muhammad Taj has denied his involvement in JJVL case against Dr Asim Hussain and others. He said that he had nothing to do with award of contract to JJVL by SSGC and did not produce seizure memo before the court. Similarly, he added, on 3-2-2016 he had […]

By Nasir Mahmood NAB I/O FAILS TO APPEAR IN JJVL REFERENCE AGAINST DR ASIM AND OTHERS  KARACHI : The accountability court IV held the hearing of NAB reference No.19/2016 of Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) case against former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and others yesterday. The Court had called for prosecution evidence and for […]

DR ASIM CASE  By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: The accountability court IV held the hearing of NAB reference No. 13/2016 filed against former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain & others yesterday. The court had called prosecution witnesses namely; Mansoor Soomro and Wasiq Ilyas to record their statements for prosecution evidence and hearing on application of accused […]

NEITHER AUTHORED, NOR SAW TAX DOCUMENTS PRODUCED  By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: “I am not the  author of the document produced before accountability court by NAB authorities. It was not addressed to me nor was its copy marked to me. It was not dealt by me nor had I raised any objection on these income tax […]

By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: The hearing of NAB reference No.19/2016 of Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited case (JJVL) against former petroleum minister and leader of Pakistan Peoples Party Dr Asim Hussain has been adjourned for January 12 due to one day leave by Presiding Officer of the Accountability Court-IV. In yesterday’s hearing, two prosecution witnesses, Muhammad […]

TESTIMONY WEAKENS PROSECUTION’S CASE By Nasir Mahmood KARACHI: Ziauddin Hospital is not the only hospital enlisted on the panel of KDLB (Karachi Dock Labour Board) but there are many other hospitals too, with whom KDLB has agreements. However, the rates of Ziauddin Hospital are less than the other hospitals on the panel. The scrutiny of […]