Karachi—The metropolitan city Karachi with a wide diversity of people from all across the country ought to be declared a “Drug Free City,” said Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs, Syed Faisal Sabzwari.He was speaking at the consultative meeting held to review the draft Anti Narcotics Policy 2010 at a hotel here on Thursday evening.
The Minister said Karachi, being a port city and exposed to constant and unchecked influx of people was particularly hit by the menace.
He called for concerted and genuine efforts to improve public perception about measures taken against drug trafficking and that it was pre-requisite to achieve objectives set under proposed Anti- Narcotics Policy 2010.
Karachi—Doctors and other staff associated with the federal government- administered hospitals in Karachi have taken a strong exception to reports about handing over of these facilities to the provincial government.
Talking to APP here on Friday professionals working at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center (JPMC), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and National Institute of Child Health (NICH) resolved to oppose any such initiative.
Karachi—The Advisor to Chief Minister $indh for Information Jameel Ahmed Soomro has said that signing of NFC Award is a precious gift of Present peoples Government for the Welfare of the People of the Pakistan.
In a Press Statement issued here I the Advisor Information said that the award was due long back but due to doctorial rule the people could not get benefit but now the President of Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari through his political wisdom, sagacity and reconciliation policy has been able to give this gift to Nation which is beneficial to all provinces of Federation.
Karachi—PML-F has given its proposals, named as “Functional Formula” for the new Local Government system to its allies PPP and MQM.
Addressing a press conference at the residence of Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Jam Madad Ali, PML-F leaders Imtiaz Shaikh, Jam Madad Ali, Nusrat Sehar Abbasi and others said the formula they have proposed provides “mid-way” solution and they are hopeful that coalition partners would accept it.They said the new local bodies issue is lingering on for the last 25 days and in this regard meetings of core and legal committees are continuously being held.
Medical Research DEEP brain stimulation is a promising therapy for epilepsy, US researchers from Stanford University have said.
In a clinical trial, 110 people had electrodes implanted in their brains and their seizures were monitored.
Forty-one per cent of patients showed a reduction in seizures after 13 months while 56% experienced a reduction after two years. The patients all suffered from regular epileptic seizures and had failed to respond to drug treatment. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment involving the implantation of a medical device called a brain pacemaker, which sends electrical impulses to specific parts of the brain.
