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Govt taking steps to empower women: Minister

Karachi—The present democratic government is taking several steps to empower the women of the country especially those of Sindh. This was stated by the Sindh Minister for Women Development, Ms. Taqueer Fatima Bhutto, in a statement here on Sunday. She said that increase in government service quota from 2 percent to 25 percent is one of the major steps that is ever taken by present government for the socio-economic empowerment of the women.

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Doctors demand recruitment in BPS 17 and specialist cadre

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Karachi—Pakistan Medical Association (PMA Sindh), alongwith its sister organisations, Sindh Doctors Welfare Association (SDWA) and People’s Doctors Forum (PDF) has demanded 5000 new jobs for doctors of Sindh in BPS 17 and another 1500 recruitment in specialist cadre. These jobs should be given through Sindh Public Service Commission, said PMA Sindh President Dr. Samrina Hashmi, SDWA Convener Dr. Mujtaba Memon and General Secretary of PDF, Dr. Razzaq Sheikh, in a joint statement on Sunday. They demanded that the doctors, who are already working in different projects of health in Sindh, must be given preference in these jobs.

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Commissioner Karachi reviews arrangement for anti polio campaign

Karachi—Commissioner of Karachi, Roshan Ali Shaikh in a meeting on Sunday said optimum compliance to guidelines set by WHO, Unicef and other relevant monitoring agencies would be ensured during immunization against polio campaign to begin on Monday. He on the occasion also announced awards and certificates to officials and workers making outstanding contribution towards maximum immunization coverage of children upto five years of age against the crippling disease.

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Appointment of KU permanent faculty members NTS to hold written tests today

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Karachi—”Written tests for appointment of permanent faculty members will be conducted through NTS. In addition, PhD degree holders will be given an exemption from the written test and will directly appear in front of the selection board. However, the above decisions will be applicable from publication of the new advertisement”, this has been decided in a recent meeting of KU Syndicate, presided over by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Qaiser.

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Study questions fructose role in hypertension

SWEET drinks have been linked to a slightly higher risk of developing high blood pressure, but, contrary to earlier research, a large new study finds that fruit sugar in those drinks is not the likely culprit behind that association. Following more than 200,000 men and women for up to 38 years, researchers found that regularly consuming sweetened drinks — either containing sugars or artificially sweetened — was associated with a rise of about 13 percent in the risk of developing high blood pressure. Carbonated and cola drinks were most strongly linked to risk for hypertension, but fructose in drinks did not stand out as a driving factor, the group reports in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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