--- title: "HEC to Support Nationwide Hepatitis C Screening at Federal Universities" description: "Most outlets led with the announcement that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will support a nationwide Hepatitis C screening initiative at federal universities. Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the assurance of HEC’s full support from its chairman, while ProPakistani emphasized the screening would be free and mentioned the involvement of students, faculty, and employees, though the latter part was cut off. Both excerpts framed the initiative as a proactive health measure." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14450-hec-to-support-free-hepatitis-c-screening-at-federal site: HarZaviya language: en --- # HEC to Support Nationwide Hepatitis C Screening at Federal Universities pakistan · updated 15 Oct 2026, 4:30 PM PKT · 14–15 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 announcement that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will support a nationwide Hepatitis C screening initiative at federal universities. Associated Press of Pakistan highlighted the assurance of HEC’s full support from its chairman, while ProPakistani emphasized the screening would be free and mentioned the involvement of students, faculty, and employees, though the latter part was cut off. Both excerpts framed the initiative as a proactive health measure. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [HEC to Support Free Hepatitis C Screening at Federal Universities](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/15/hec-to-support-free-hepatitis-c-screening-at-federal-universities/) · 15 Oct 2026, 4:30 PM PKT > Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar has pledged the commission’s support for screening students, faculty, and… Read More - **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [HEC to support nationwide Hepatitis C screening at federal universities](https://www.app.com.pk/national/hec-to-support-nationwide-hepatitis-c-screening-at-federal-universities/) · 14 Oct 2026, 5:44 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar has assured HEC's full support for a nationwide initiative to screen students, faculty and employees at federal universities for Hepatitis C. ## 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). - [Government Launches Hepatitis C Screening for Employees](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3725-govt-employees-to-undergo-mandatory-hepatitis-screening) · 19 Aug 2026 · 10 outlets · 76% related - [Islamabad expands free Hepatitis C screening and treatment services](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12452-islamabad-expands-free-hepatitis-c-screening-and-treatment) · 6 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 73% related - [Government declares Hepatitis C a national emergency](https://harzaviya.com/stories/632-pakistan-declares-hepatitis-c-a-national-emergency) · 29 Jul 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 14–15 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.