All Stories: Essential Services Act

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has implemented the Essential Services Act across DISCOs, NTDC, and GENCOs to prevent expected protests against the privatization of these...

RAWALPINDI: The government on Wednesday enforced the Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 allowing Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to take punitive actions against employees...

KARACHI: Essential Services (Maintenance) Act 1952 has been imposed in the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) following the approval of the airline’s...

The violators of the Act could face one-year prison and fines, whereas, the PIA human resources department issued a notification in this regards.

The latest order came into immediately effect after being notified by the Ministry of Interior in order to continue special flight operations.

PESHAWAR: The protest of medical staff and doctors at different hospitals in Khyber Pakhtonkhwa has taken on nerves of patients against closure of OPDs, ARY News reported.

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan while accusing Nawaz-league of provoking medics on Tuesday said that the enforcement of Essential Services Act in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hospitals was a court verdict, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR: Doctors on Tuesday took to streets in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the imposition of Essential Services Act 1952, while the provincial government cleared that there is no guarantee of continuity of service of the striking health department employees, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Monday invoked Essential Services Act in all public hospitals across the province and summoned a meeting of departmental heads of the Ministry of Health tomorrow, ARY News reported.

LAHORE: The recently-imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), 1952 by the government, has been challenged in the Lahore High Court today (Wednesday), ARY News reported.