Auto-immune in-patient facility at SZH opens

LAHORE

The first dedicated in-patient facility for people suffering from auto-immune disease was inaugurated at Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH), Lahore, on Wednesday.

It was inaugurated by Prof Dr Zafar Ullah Chaudhry, president, College of Physician and Surgeons Pakistan and Prof Dr Farid Ahmad Khan, chairman and dean, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, Lahore.

According to a press release issued here, Prof Dr Farid Ahmad Khan, Chairman & Dean, Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex, appreciated the efforts to start the first-ever facility in the public sector teaching hospitals at the provincial level.

Prof Dr Zaffar Ullah hailed the initiative to provide services to the rheumatology patients and to impart postgraduate training to young doctors who wanted to specialise in the subject.

Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, senior vice-president of CPSP, Prof Dr Tafazzul Haque Mahmud, head of Department of Rheumatology, SZH, Prof Amer Zaman Khan, pro vice-chancellor, FJMU and chief controller of examination CPSP and Prof Mahmood Ayyaz, director of National Residency Programme of CPSP were also present.

tickets: Lahore Transport Company (LTC) in consonance with the existing public transport rules and regulations has taken stern actions against a large number of public service vehicles for violating rules. 

According to a press release issued Wednesday, the LTC proceeded against those public transport vehicles that had no route, permits, fitness certificates and found overcharging of fare from the commuters.

During the corresponding month of March, 5,693 public vehicles have been challaned for not having fitness certificates, route permits and for overcharging, while 544 public transport vehicles have been impounded in various police stations located at Nawab Town, Chowki Raja Market, Bhaati, Kahna etc.

In continuation with this action, 249 public service vehicles were fined by setting up special checking point at Thokar where numerous public transport vehicles including staff vehicles carrying commuters were found without documents necessary to ply on urban transport routes.

LTC CEO Khawaja Haider Latif underscored that private transport operators must ensure that they are observing the existing public transport laws which is vital for safety of passengers in respect of affordable and safe transport facilities on various urban routes of city. 

teachers: United Teachers Council (UTC) Punjab criticising the government for registering cases against headmasters of public schools for lack of security on campuses observed that the action was not justified because of non-availability of funds.

In a press release, the UTC office-bearers, including Tariq Mahmood, Hafiz Ghulam Mohiuddin, Hafiz Abdul Nasir and others said such moves were making teachers mentally depressed and many were forced to seek early retirement. They warned that the schoolteachers would not hold dialogue with the government this time and warned that March 17 protest was in fact a preparation for a much bigger protest scheduled for 28th of March.  

date sheets: Punjab University (PU) Examinations Department on Wednesday issued date sheets of BA (Hearing Impaired Students) annual examinations 2017 and BSEd (Hons) (4-year programme) (Sessions 2014-18, 2015-19 and 2016-20) first semester 2017. 

cyber crime: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced grave concern over government representatives’ statements regarding trying a key political leader under the cyber crime law. The Commission also expressed alarm over some parliamentarians seeking to malign the country’s leading human rights defender. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Commission said: “HRCP is alarmed by a cabinet member’s statement that the government is preparing a case against the PTI leadership under the cyber crime law."  “There should be no doubt that such a move would be terribly ill-advised in the prevailing state of polarization and political wrangling. If the ruling party indeed believes that Mr Imran Khan, head of PTI, and/or other leaders of his party have committed contempt of court in any way, what can be easier than dealing with that under the contempt law?