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News for Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011

Vigil held to commemorate International Peace Day

The Oneness Movement, Pakistan held a candle light vigil at the Charing Cross on Wednesday to commemorate the International Day of Peace. People from all walks of life held placards and...

‘Rabbani’s death a great loss to Pakistan’

Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination is a great loss to Pakistan and people thinking otherwise are enemies of the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Information Secretary Kamil Ali Agha...

HEC scholar develops method to quantify crop production

Higher Education Commission (HEC) scholar Dr Mobushir Riaz Khan has developed a highly-accurate mapping method based on remote satellite sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) technologies which can show...

DHA administrator visits dengue diagnostic camps

Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Administrator Brigadier Aslam Rana on Wednesday visited the free dengue screening centre and diagnostic camps for dengue patients. The DHA has set up dengue camps at...

Medics complain of police’s austere tactics

The private sector medical community put forward their concerns to health officials regarding the excessive use of force by police in maintaining a check on dengue diagnostic and treatment facilities,...

30 percent schools still vulnerable to dengue

Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman said on Wednesday that 30 percent of private educational institutes have failed to fumigate their campuses. The Punjab government warned to cancel the registration...

‘Every fever is not dengue fever doc’

A few doctors in public and private-sector hospitals, in a panic, are seen referring all patients with a fever for dengue tests. “My son has a fever due to a stomach...

Officials’ wrongdoings put PU VC in trouble

The ‘close allies’ of Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran have put the VC in trouble by ‘illegally’ appointing an assistant professor (AP) at PU Social Work Department,...

Zeenat Laboratories owner challenges lab’s closure

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought replies from the Punjab health secretary and the Lahore district coordination officer (DCO) on a petition filed by Dr Zeenat Hussain challenging...

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