Karachi—The arrangements for the establishment of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University in Lyari Town were reviewed at a meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Fazlur Rehman here Saturday. In the meeting, Secretary Implementation, Mohammed Ayub Shaikh presented the report about the site for Medical College and said that first year classes can be started at Nursing Institute adjacent to Lyari General Hospital. The Health Secretary and other concerned officials informed the meeting that Nursing Institute and Nursing

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Karachi—Organizers of the Third International Online Medical Conference (IOMC 2010) have invited medical researchers, professors and students to submit their abstracts and papers by October 5 and December 7, 2009 respectively. The moot will be held on March 6 and 7, 2010 and is aimed to provide a forum for discussing and presenting research findings, studies, and experiences in the field of medicine. It would also create an opportunity for medical researchers, activists, scientists, students, and specialists to meet each other online

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Karachi—Provincial Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Ali Mirza has directed IG Police to chalk out extra-ordinary security plan throughout the Sindh Province specially for churches, christian colonies, schools, offices, hotels, fast food chains. He issued the directive after violent incidents of burning of a church and some houses in a christian colony in Sambrial area near Sialkot. The Minister specially called for preparation of lists of churches, christian settlements and other minority populations and their places of worship at the district level and

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Karachi—State Bank of Pakistan’s apex Committee for Students Loan Scheme, headed by SBP Deputy Governor Muhammad Kamran Shehzad, has approved a sum of Rs 192.391 million for disbursement as interest-free loans to deserving students for higher studies. Under the arrangement 1447 deserving students in different disciplines from all over the country will benefit and pursue Graduation, Masters and PhD studies for 2008-2009 session,

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Karachi—The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Hyderabad has arrested two Grade- 18 Officers of Education Department in a case FIR No.1/2009 registered against them for making illegal appointments through the receipt of illegal gratifications. Known as the “Hyderabad Education” scam unearthed recently when an EDO (Education) Syed Muzzaffar Ali Shah was suspended by the competent authority, as he ordered illegal and

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