Tag: Health rights
Rights Watch | 29th January 2022
A man was killed during a routine police check within the limits of Tehkal police station in Peshawar on Friday. Officials claim the victim was carrying a loaded pistol which he accidentally fired, killing him on the spot. For more stories on human rights abuses, keep reading.
Can Pakistan’s Hospitals Survive the Pandemic?
Jun 12, 2020: The country’s healthcare system is feeble and ill-equipped, and lags several years behind its counterparts in developed nations. With a global pandemic now in our midst, concerns abound whether Pakistan may suffer an even ...
Will The Upcoming Budget Increase Its Focus On Healthcare?
The healthcare crisis has hit Pakistan hard, and part of the reason for this has been the negligible quota of the budget that the healthcare sector is given. According to the federal budget in the last fiscal year (2019-20), the ...
On the Frontlines: Policing A City Under Lockdown
With the lockdown, people have been pushed back inside their homes. No one wants to risk being outdoors, for fear of contracting the coronavirus. Yet those who battle it out everyday, outside the comfort of their homes, outside the bounds of safety, are none others than our heroes – doctors, sanitary workers, journalists, the police. All of them are risking their lives every day, only in order to protect the public from the deadly disease in the air. Voicepk.net pays tribute to these people, as everyday they are ON THE FRONTLINES.
On The Frontlines: Sanitary Workers
With the lockdown, people have been pushed back inside their homes. No one wants to risk being outdoors, for fear of contracting the Coronavirus. Yet the heroes who battle it out everyday, outside the comfort of their homes, outside the bounds of safety are none others than our heroes – doctors, sanitary workers, journalists, the police. All of them are risking their lives every day, only in order to protect the public from the deadly disease in the air. Voicepk.net pays tribute to these people, as everyday they are ON THE FRONTLINES.