--- title: "Dr Muhammad Salman removed as PIMS executive director" description: "Most outlets led with the removal of Dr Muhammad Salman from his position as executive director of PIMS and the appointment of Professor Dr Tanveer Khaliq as his temporary replacement. One outlet briefly noted that Salman was repatriated to NIH, while another included the phrase \"with the federal government assigning\" the new role, slightly emphasizing the government's role in the change." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/12485-dr-salman-repatriated-to-nih-as-tanveer-khaliq-gets-pims site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Dr Muhammad Salman removed as PIMS executive director pakistan · updated 5 Oct 2026, 9:37 PM PKT · 5 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the removal of Dr Muhammad Salman from his position as executive director of PIMS and the appointment of Professor Dr Tanveer Khaliq as his temporary replacement. One outlet briefly noted that Salman was repatriated to NIH, while another included the phrase "with the federal government assigning" the new role, slightly emphasizing the government's role in the change. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **24 News HD** — [Govt removes Dr Muhammad Salman as PIMS Executive Director](https://www.24newshd.tv/05-Oct-2026/major-administrative-changes-pims-dr-tanveer-khaliq-gets-additional-charge) · 5 Oct 2026, 9:37 PM PKT > The federal government has made major administrative changes at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), once again changing the leadership of the capital’s largest public-sector hospital, 24NewsHD TV reported on Monday. - **Hum News English** — [Dr Salman repatriated to NIH as Tanveer Khaliq gets PIMS charge](https://humenglish.com/latest/dr-salman-repatriated-to-nih-as-tanveer-khaliq-gets-pims-charge/) · 5 Oct 2026, 8:11 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Dr Muhammad Salman has been removed as executive director of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), with the federal government assigning Prof Dr Tanveer Khaliq temporary charge of the post. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of National Health Services, Dr Salman’s services have been repatriated to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Prof Dr Tanveer ... - **ARY News (English)** — [Dr Muhammad Salman removed as PIMS executive director](https://arynews.tv/dr-muhammad-salman-removed-as-pims-executive-director) · 5 Oct 2026, 7:29 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > Following Dr Muhammad Salman’s removal, Professor Dr Tanveer Khaliq has been given the temporary charge of Executive Director PIMS... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Health minister orders PIMS to remove underperforming staff](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6495-mustafa-kamal-orders-pims-admin-to-sack-non-performing-staff) · 4 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 73% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 5 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.