Work begins on CPSP campus at Kala Shah Kaku

LAHORE

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) President Prof Zafar Ullah Chaudhry laid the foundation stone of new CPSP Campus at Kala Shah Kaku on Saturday.

According to a press release issued here, Prof Kahlid Masood Gondal, CPSP International Relation director general, Arkham Tariq, Sheikhupura DCO, Prof Abdullah Jan Jafar and CPSP council members participated in the ceremony. 

Prof Zafar Ullah Chaudhry said that the new CPSP campus would provide medical facilities of the international standard.

It will be provided with state-of-the-art convention centre, modern hospital, examination halls, accommodations for doctors, nursing college, advance skills laboratory and an international medical training centre for trainee doctors.

Prof Khalid Masood Gondal said that the centre would fulfil the training needs of trainee doctors of the north region.

On this occasion, Maj. Gen. Salman Ali, Senior Vice President CPSP, Prof. Naqib ullah Achagzai, Vice President CPSP, Prof. Khalid Ashrafi, treasurer CPSP, Prof. Mahmood Ayyaz, Director National Residency Program, Prof. Amir Zaman Khan, Controller Examination, Prof. Muhammad Tayyeb, Director ALSO, Prof. Abrar Ashraf Ali, Prof. Suhail Chughtai, Prof. Riaz Ahmed Warriach, Prof. Ghulam Mustafa Arrain, Prof. Uzair Ahmed Qurashi, Prof. Mooed Iqbal Qureshi, Dr. Shahzad Mughal along with seniors professors, doctors, fellows and supervisors were present.

Customs revenue: Collectorate of Customs, Appraisement, Lahore, has achieved its monthly revenue target by collecting Rs 6.95 billion in April 2017. 

According to a press release issued here Saturday, the Collectorate collected Rs 2.69 billion customs duty which is 27 percent higher compared to the collection of April, 2016.

The Collectorate had also met its revenue target in the previous month. It is the second month after assumption of charge by Collector Jamil Nasir that the Collectorate continuously shown an impressive growth in the collection of customs duty. 

The stakeholders, including importers, customs clearing agents and other trade bodies, have shown their confidence in the working and policies of the Collectorate. The collector is confident that Collectorate will achieve its target in the coming months as well as reduction in cost of business and the measures taken by him and his team will attract the leading manufacturers and importers for customs clearance from the dry ports of Lahore.

The collector said that given the constraints, trade facilitation and swift customs clearances of genuine importers were the only options for revival of upcountry ports.