Daily Archives: August 30th, 2012
Woman dies in hospital awaiting doctors
Woman dies in hospital awaiting doctors LAKKI MARWAT: A heavily pregnant woman died at a local government hospital on Wednesday morning due to absence of doctors and paramedics. Javed Ahmad, a resident of Abakhel area, told reporters here that he took a member of his family to the City Hospital, Lakki Marwat at around 5am [...]
Endowment Fund to be used for free dialysis
Endowment Fund to be used for free dialysis PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is likely to utilise the income generated from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Medical Relief) Endowment Fund exclusively for free dialysis of the patients suffering from chronic kidney ailments, official sources say. The fund, established in 2004, was being used for free treatment of hepatitis, [...]
Higher Education Commission (HEC) extensions questioned
Higher Education Commission (HEC) extensions questioned ISLAMABAD: Establishment Division has taken notice of extensions of Executive Director (ED) Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Advisor HRD and instructed to provide a copy of the summery to assure that prime minister’s approval was obtained for the appointment, in the capacity of controlling authority. According to a document available [...]
Poster exhibition on dengue virus
Poster exhibition on dengue virus RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Wednesday arranged poster exhibition to create awareness among people of dengue virus. More than 50 students from government schools and colleges participated in the exhibition and displayed their posters that informed people about the precautionary measures. In all the posters, the students emphasised on [...]
Pharma Bureau Pakistan for simple regulatory dose
Pharma Bureau Pakistan for simple regulatory dose LAHORE: The Pharma Bureau Pakistan has appealed to the government to simplify the registration of molecules as years of delay deprive patients of benefiting from new drugs and technologies. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the bureau said it was strong proponent of prudent regulation of the pharmaceutical industry [...]
Elimination of vector mosquitoes Health dept again buys ‘substandard’ insecticide
Elimination of vector mosquitoes Health dept again buys ‘substandard’ insecticide LAHORE: Health authorities have again bought a ‘low quality’ insecticide to eliminate vector mosquitoes, it is learnt. Last year, officials bought 3,500 litres of Permetherine 2.5 EC worth Rs1.575 million even after a drug testing laboratory declared it substandard. An inquiry was ordered into the [...]
JPMC to be new varsity’s hospital
JPMC to be new varsity’s hospital KARACHI: Participants in a meeting held at the Governor’s House on Wednesday decided that the newly established Sindh Medical University would be named Jinnah-Sindh Medical University and the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) would be its constituent hospital. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad chaired the meeting. It was decided [...]
Organ, tissue donation Sindh body set up to regulate transplants
Organ, tissue donation Sindh body set up to regulate transplants KARACHI,: Responding to a Supreme Court order issued on August 27, the Sindh health department on Wednesday finally notified the establishment of a monitoring authority under “The Sindh Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance-2012”, which was promulgated by the Sindh governor late Tuesday night, [...]
Urdu on the internet
Urdu on the internet It is often speculated that the internet is a new and efficient form of imperialism that controls people’s minds and perceptions without physically invading their homes. As a result, many people believe that the internet is, essentially, an attempt to Anglicise the world. However, it should be noted that linguistic globalisation [...]
Medical staff absent: Alleged negligence kills mother, two newborns
Medical staff absent: Alleged negligence kills mother, two newborns LAKKI MARWAT: A mother and her two newborn babies died due to absence of medical staff in a labour room at Government City Hospital on Wednesday. Haji Javaid Ahmad Khan and Mufti Matiullah, relatives of the deceased woman, told The Express Tribune that around 5am they [...]
Integrated efforts: Govt seeks proposals for nutrition policy
Integrated efforts: Govt seeks proposals for nutrition policy PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has sought proposals to devise a much-needed nutrition policy for the province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). In a two-day workshop that begun on Wednesday, experts gathered from government departments and various institutions, including UN agencies, to develop a common understanding [...]
Fatal outbreak: Measles kills 2 infants in North Waziristan
Fatal outbreak: Measles kills 2 infants in North Waziristan MIRANSHAH: Measles claimed the lives of two more infants in North Waziristan on Tuesday, increasing the number of people killed by the disease to 18 since April. An 18-month-old girl and one-year-old boy died of measles pneumonitis in Darpa Khel area of tehsil Miranshah, said Agency [...]
Efficiency: University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), IFAD discuss improving dairy farming
Efficiency: University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), IFAD discuss improving dairy farming LAHORE: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) at a meeting on Wednesday discussed how modern dairy farming on a public-private partnership model can be evolved. The meeting was chaired by UVAS VC [...]
Dengue: Punjab doctors in the dark about new diagnosis criteria
Dengue: Punjab doctors in the dark about new diagnosis criteria LAHORE: A majority of doctors remain unaware about a revised diagnostic criterion for dengue fever, leading to misdiagnosis, The Express Tribune has learnt. The diagnostic criteria was revised by the Dengue Expert Advisory Group (DEAG), which is responsible for advising the Punjab chief minister on [...]
In Hub, diabetic tendencies doubled in eight years: Study
In Hub, diabetic tendencies doubled in eight years: Study KARACHI: The prevalence of diabetes and the people at risk of getting the disease in Pakistan have doubled in the age group of 15 to 25 during eight years, according to a study. The research involved 16 villages of Hub, Balochistan, where researchers carried out survey [...]
Behavioral test shows promise in predicting future problems with alcohol
Behavioral test shows promise in predicting future problems with alcohol By administering a simple behavioral test, Yale researchers were able to predict which mice would later exhibit alcoholism-related behaviors such as the inability to stop seeking alcohol and a tendency to relapse, the scientists report in the Aug. 26 issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience. [...]
Research in the News: Medical schools should enroll Darwin’s ideas, says professor
Research in the News: Medical schools should enroll Darwin’s ideas, says professor Doctors have a lot to learn from evolution, including why the immune system can go awry, the reasons some people cannot tolerate milk or alcohol, and how pathogens emerge to cause epidemics. In his review of the state of evolutionary medicine, Stephen Stearns, [...]
Research in the News: From curiosity to cancer drug: Yale researcher conquers ‘valley of death’
Research in the News: From curiosity to cancer drug: Yale researcher conquers ‘valley of death’ The fascination of Yale professor Craig Crews with a natural product compound led a decade later to the approval this summer of a brand-new treatment for multiple myeloma. The story of how a novel kind of cancer drug, carfilzomib, was [...]
Biologists Create Computational Model of Gene Networks
Biologists Create Computational Model of Gene Networks By translating their biological knowledge into very simple Boolean statements, biologists at the California Institute of Technology have created the first predictive computational model of gene networks that control the development of sea-urchin embryos. Pasadena, California — As an animal develops from an embryo, its cells take diverse [...]
Sugar Molecules Found in Gas Surrounding Sun-Like Star
Sugar Molecules Found in Gas Surrounding Sun-Like Star Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a team of astronomers discovered molecules of a simple form of sugar in the gas surrounding a young binary star called IRAS 16293-2422, which is located roughly 400 light-years away. A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) [...]
Probing the Effects of Light at the Atomic Scale
Probing the Effects of Light at the Atomic Scale By mixing a pulse of x-rays with a pulse of lower frequency optical light waves, a team of scientists at the Berkley Lab were able to measure the optical manipulation of chemical bonds at the atomic scale. Light changes matter in ways that shape our world. [...]
4th Pakistan Youth Congress will be held in September
4th Pakistan Youth Congress will be held in September LAHORE: Punjab University with Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) will organize 4th Pakistan Youth Congress (PYC) from 1 to 4 September 2012, in Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore. Almost 350 youth from all over the Pakistan will participate in it. The Boot Camp of the trainers will [...]
University of the Punjab Lahore declares results
University of the Punjab Lahore declares results LAHORE: PU Examinations Department has declared the results of Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Mangement (semester system) session 2007-11, PGD in Computer Science (semester system) session 2003-04, Diploma in Arabic, session 2011-12, Diploma in Banking Laws (DBL) Final Result, (semester system) session A/2010-11, Diploma in International Trade (WTO) Laws [...]
University of the Punjab Lahore changes schedule of admissions for the year, 2012
University of the Punjab Lahore changes schedule of admissions for the year, 2012 LAHORE: Due to delay in the announcement of FA/FSc result, the whole schedule of BS/MA/MSc (Morning & Self Supporting, Replica, Afternoon, Evening) or equivalent programs has been changed. The new schedule will be announced in due course of time.
Foundation University Medical College (FUMC) quiz team off to Malaysia
Foundation University Medical College (FUMC) quiz team off to Malaysia ISLAMABAD – Foundation University Medical College (FUMC) team Wednesday departed for Malaysia to participate in 10th International Medical School Physiology Quiz (IMSPQ). The Quiz is being organized by University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur. 70 medical colleges from 17 countries are participating in the contest. FUMC [...]
Ministry proposes expanded Drug Regulatory Authority
Ministry proposes expanded Drug Regulatory Authority ISLAMABAD – Utterly alarmed by the poor quality control of drugs across the country, Federal Ministry of National Regulation has proposed to enhance members of the Drug Regulatory Authority with induction of experts from Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA and Kashmir. According to the proposed bill, which is expected to be tabled [...]
Ulema’s role sought for dengue awareness
Ulema’s role sought for dengue awareness RAWALPINDI – Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Imdad Ullah Bosal has urged the Ulema, religious scholars and members of peace committees to play their pivotal role in creating awareness among the citizens to adopt precautionary measures to avoid dengue threat in the division. “Ulema and religious scholars should hold forums and [...]
PAC for provision of quality medicine to public hospitals
PAC for provision of quality medicine to public hospitals KARACHI – The Sindh Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee, on Wednesday, pulled up the Health Department for its inability to ensure provision of quality drugs to public hospitals in the province. With Sardar Jam Tamachi Unar in the chair, the PAC meeting advised the government to set [...]
IT University Bill passed despite Khosa’s objections
IT University Bill passed despite Khosa’s objections LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed ‘The Information Technology University of the Punjab Bill 2012’ for the second time, overruling objections of the Punjab governor regarding elimination of his role as the chancellor. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah moved the motion for the passage of the [...]
Body to probe irregularities in teachers’ hiring
Body to probe irregularities in teachers’ hiring LAHORE – The executive district officer (education) on Wednesday formed a two-member committee to probe corruption and irregularities in the recruitment of educators of all SSE categories done by former EDO Dr Arshad, a document available with TheNation reveals. The inquiry was initiated after this was pointed by [...]
Students join hands with LWMC
Students join hands with LWMC LAHORE – About 200 hundred students joined the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) to raise awareness among the Qila Gujjar Singh residents about the importance of cleanliness in combating dengue danger. The whole area was cleaned manually and mechanically by deploying 150 workers and latest machinery from Turkey. Member National [...]
Dengue drive in full swing in Lahore
Dengue drive in full swing in Lahore LAHORE – A schedule has been planned in connection with anti-dengue campaign for Town Municipal Administration, Ravi Town. The staff of spray and cleanliness will work in streets actively. Camps would be set up in all union councils of Ravi Town on September 2 where walk led by [...]
Young doctors to resume protest from September 5
Young doctors to resume protest from September 5 LAHORE – The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab has announced to re-launch protest across the province for the revised service structure from September 5. Addressing a press conference at Sheikh Zayed Hospital on Wednesday, YDA Punjab President Dr Hamid Butt made it clear that the association would [...]
Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) delegation calls on Governor Khosa
Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) delegation calls on Governor Khosa Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa said on Wednesday it would be a big challenge to provide jobs to more than 36 million graduates in the next ten years. In a meeting with a seven-member delegation of the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) led by [...]
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif vows to fight hepatitis
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif vows to fight hepatitis LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday said hepatitis was a fatal and serious issue, while the Punjab government was taking all out precautionary measures for prevention and cure of this disease. Talking to Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America Managing Director [...]
Professionalism key to Aussies success
Professionalism key to Aussies success Professional Australians registered four-wicket victory against Pakistan in the first one-day international of the three-match series to go one up at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on wee hours on Wednesday. Australia one-day skipper Clarke and T20 captain George Bailey played vital role in their team’s victory by building some valuable [...]
Unicef polio officers mull quitting
Unicef polio officers mull quitting PESHAWAR: The highly-paid communication officers recently hired by the Unicef to counter refusal cases in polio vaccination campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are considering not to run the drive due to threats that emerged after the killing of an official in Karachi. The decision by communication officers to stop the campaign [...]
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) to host moot on botany
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) to host moot on botany Islamabad - The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), in collaboration with the Pakistan Botanical Society (PBS), will host the 3rd International Conference on Botany, scheduled to start on September 1. About 200 scientists and faculty members of universities across the country and abroad (Oman, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, France) will participate in [...]
Resources available to prevent dengue fever spike
Resources available to prevent dengue fever spike Rawalpindi - The district health department has said that sufficient resources have been made available to carry out activities for prevention of dengue fever this year. The health department expressed hope that Rawalpindi would attain status of dengue free district in 2012 and for the purpose all out efforts [...]
New studies question low-calorie diets
New studies question low-calorie diets NEW YORK: The longevity diet’s premise is seductively simple: cutting your calorie intake well below your usual diet will add years to your life. New research published on Wednesday, however, shows the extreme, emaciating diet doesn’t increase lifespan in rhesus monkeys, the closest human relatives to try it in a [...]
Young Doctors Association (YDA) to strike again from Sept 5
Young Doctors Association (YDA) to strike again from Sept 5 LAHORE: Young doctors, deciding go back to strike by September 5, have said that they will continue their struggle in the face off all odds until their demands were met, Geo News reported. Talking to a press conference here, Young Doctors Association (YDA) spokesman, Dr Saud [...]
Samsung unveils first new Windows Phone
Samsung unveils first new Windows Phone BERLIN: Samsung Electronics launched the world’s first smartphone using Microsoft Corp’s latest mobile software on Wednesday, only days after losing a crucial patent battle with Apple Inc. The surprise announcement at an electronics show in Berlin came a week before Nokia, which has a close partnership with Microsoft, is [...]
CDA delays Polyclinic extension plan
CDA delays Polyclinic extension plan ISLAMABAD – Due to negligence of the Capital Development Authority, the plan for extension of Polyclinic has not been materialised. The new complex of Polyclinic, which has been constructed bearing a huge cost, remains confined to the documents even after two years of its construction, such that the officials have [...]
Hospitals in Islamabad remain as dirty as ever
Hospitals in Islamabad remain as dirty as ever ISLAMABAD – Benches and beds in some of the wards of the twin cities’ hospitals have become safe havens for bedbugs and cockroaches as the former feed on human blood and the latter find its shelter and feeding in drawers and washrooms which make troubles for patients [...]
IHC suspends Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) notification freezing lecturers’ allowances
IHC suspends Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) notification freezing lecturers’ allowances ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended a notification issued by the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) administration to freeze the allowances of 64 lecturers of the varsity. IHC Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman heard the case filed by the lecturers against the [...]
‘Dengue is a serious threat’
‘Dengue is a serious threat’ RAWALPINDI – Rawalpindi Commissioner Imdad Ullah Bosal has said that all the government departments, federal and provincial, should play their active role in fight against dengue. He said dengue larva flourish especially in monsoon season and there is more responsibility particularly of Health Department, Education Department, TMAs, district government and [...]
A place where the children cannot play
A place where the children cannot play Playtime is one of the most necessary parts of child’s growth and development. Children play in a range of ways and at different locations; however, it is undoubtedly evident that due to a lack of understanding and opportunities to play, a number of our children are being denied [...]
Punjab education boards increase fee by 50 percent
Punjab education boards increase fee by 50 percent Lahore – All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association (APPSMA) Divisional President Ibrar Ahmed Khan said on Tuesday that all eight Intermediate and Secondary Education boards of Punjab have increased their fees in an attempt to cover up their budgetary losses and this was unacceptable. APPSMA divisional president [...]
Health Dept Punjab confirms 12 dengue cases
Health Dept Punjab confirms 12 dengue cases Lahore – The spokesman of Punjab Health Department said on Tuesday that so far only 15 persons have been confirmed to suffer from the dengue virus in the province during the current year. The spokesman said that there is no truth in the news items asserting that 78 [...]
The 4th death anniversary of well-known teacher and writer Mola Bux Kaka observed
The 4th death anniversary of well-known teacher and writer Mola Bux Kaka observed HYDERABAD – The 4th death anniversary of well-known teacher and writer Mola Bux Kaka alias “Bhongar Sindhi” was observed at village Bhaledino Kaka Taluka News Saeedabad by “Goth Sudhar Sangat” with the collaboration of strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO). Floral wreath was laid down [...]
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