--- title: "Pims faces possible medicines shortage amid procurement delays" description: "Most outlets led with the potential shortage of free medicines at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences due to procurement delays. Both excerpts highlight the risk of discontinuation of supplies for inpatients, with Dawn framing it as the hospital \"on the verge of another crisis\" and the Daily Times using a more neutral tone." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/12771-pims-faces-possible-medicines-shortage-amid-procurement site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pims faces possible medicines shortage amid procurement delays pakistan · updated 7 Oct 2026, 9:56 AM PKT · 7 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the potential shortage of free medicines at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences due to procurement delays. Both excerpts highlight the risk of discontinuation of supplies for inpatients, with Dawn framing it as the hospital "on the verge of another crisis" and the Daily Times using a more neutral tone. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Times** — [Pims faces possible medicines shortage amid procurement delays](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1563513/pims-faces-possible-medicines-shortage-amid-procurement-delays/) · 7 Oct 2026, 9:56 AM PKT > The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad is facing a possible shortage of free medicines due to prolonged procurement delays, hospital sources said. A senior hospital doctor said supplies of medicines and other essential items could disrupted as no tender had signed during the past several weeks. The doctor said medicine stocks were […] - **Dawn** — [Another crisis creeps up at Pims](https://www.dawn.com/news/2035230/another-crisis-creeps-up-at-pims) · 7 Oct 2026, 9:45 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is on the verge of another crisis as supplies of free medicines for inpatients and other items might be discontinued due to procurement issues. The situation has become worse as not a single tender has been signed during the last six weeks, a senior officer said. However Executive Director (ED) Pims Prof Dr Tanwir Khaliq, who took charge ... ## 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). - [Federal Health Minister directs activation of 200-bed emergency centre at Pims](https://harzaviya.com/stories/695-federal-health-minister-directs-activation-of-200-bed) · 28 Jul 2026 · 3 outlets · 71% related - [PM Directs PIMS Overhaul and Implementation of Inquiry Recommendations Within Three Months](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8792-pm-shehbaz-directs-pims-to-improve-fire-safety-systems) · 17 Sep 2026 · 7 outlets · 71% related - [PIMS hospital's three-year Rs22 billion funding and budget details revealed](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4798-pims-hospital-gets-rs22-billion-budget-in-three-years) · 26 Aug 2026 · 4 outlets · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 7 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.