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Punjab government has allocated massive funds  for ongoing road sector development schemes;Iqbal Channer

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Provincial Minister for Cooperative Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer has said that Punjab government has allocated massive funds to the tune of Rs. 79 billion for 718 ongoing road sector development schemes and in the current fiscal year 622 schemes are scheduled to be completed which extend modern transport facilities in 36 districts of the province. He made these remarks while talking to a delegation of civil society representatives and PMLN workers.

Provincial Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal channer said that Punjab government has earmarked as many as 16 billion and 520 million rupees for 29 ongoing schemes in district Bahawalpur which is aimed to both expand and modernize both urban and rural road network to provide decent and comfortable communication facilities to the millions of the residents of the district.

Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer maintained that the four major ongoing road modernizing projects in Bahawalpur district include:- 28 Kilometer Uch Sharif to Ahmadpur East 2 way road expansion project with one billion and 905 million rupees; Bahawalpur to Hasilpur 77.25 Kilometer 2 way road expansion project with 4 billion and 974 million rupees; Hasilpur to Bahawalnagar 80 Kilometer long 2 way road expansion scheme with rupees 2 billion and 156 million and construction of additional ring road from railway station to Sadar pulli with rupees 2 billion and 116 million rupees.

"Chief Minister Punjab's vision of modernizing road sector is aimed to provide state of the art road access both in the urban and rural areas of 800 million people residing in 36 districts of Punjab which is practically manifested in the budgetary allocation of rupees 79 billion in the current fiscal year", Minister Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channer noted.

Saqib Zafar paid a surprise visit at Bahawalpur Zoo

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Commissioner Bahawalpur Division Saqib Zafar paid a surprise visit at Bahawalpur Zoo. During his visit the Commissioner inspected various parts of the zoo. He inquired in detail about various measures undertaken regarding proper care of birds and animals, cleanliness of birds and animal cages, draining system and administrative affairs of the zoo. He was accompanied by Assistant Commissioner Bahawalpur city Rao Tasleem Akhter, Curator Bahawalpur Zoo Chaudhry Muhammad Ayub, Veterinary Doctor Sohail Azmat and district Information Officer Nauman Masood Khan.

Commissioner Bahawalpur directed the veterinary doctor of the zoo Dr. Sohail Azmat to provide a detailed report regarding the total number of recorded deaths and increase in the population of birds and animals from January 1st to the 3rd week of August 2016.

Commissioner Bahawalpur constituted a special committee to submit a report regarding the death and increase in the population of birds and animals which would submit its report within a week. Commissioner appreciated the services of zoo employee tasked with look after lions in the zoo. Commissioner expressed satisfaction in running the affairs of the zoo. However Commissioner Bahawalpur directed zoo curator to undertake further measures to improvise the working of the zoo to extend decent and comfortable recreational facilities to the visitors.

GOC Major General Amjad Ali Khan Khattak inaugurated a newly constructed main gate of Sadiq Public School

BAHAWALPUR(PR)General Officer commanding 35 division Major General Amjad Ali Khan Khattak inaugurated a newly constructed main gate of Sadiq Public School. The newly constructed main gate's main archeological feature is the splendid combination of both modern and historical features which has provided further aesthetic archeological grace and beauty to the new structure. The inaugural ceremony was attended by MPAs:- Dr. Syed Waseem Akhter, Fouzia Ayub Qureshi, Prominent intellectual Malik Habibullah Bhutta, Syed Naseem Jafri, Old Sadiqains and a large number of civil society representatives.

  
Population is quite dense in under developed areas of Punjab because of the monopoly of various social behaviors : Zakia Shah Nawaz         
LAHORE(PR)Provincial Minister on Population Welfare Zakia Shah Nawaz has said that the population is quite dense in under developed areas of Punjab because of the monopoly of various social behaviors. She said that Population Department has started 38 mobile service units and taken initiative for setting up modern health clinics in 19 districts of Punjab. She informed that these 38 MSUs will provide basic medical facilities along with information with regard to birth control for the far away areas.

                        Provincial Minister on Population Welfare expressed these view in a meeting regarding up gradation of MSUs and 19 Family Health Clinics at Punjab Institute of Language Art and Culture. She said that availability of medicine facilities in such clinics, infrastructure and fully air conditioned modern buildings are included in this project. Moreover, transport facility will be provided to the couples who wanted to discuss their birth control issues in these 19 district based clinics. She said that Mobile Service Unit is a kind of portable hospital which can have facilities of gynecology and surgery. She said that such MSUs will include staff of four paramedics and a gynecologist. She distributed keys along with documents of MSUs vehicles among the Population Welfare Officers of Rajanpur, Sahiwal, Sialkot, Khusab, Jhang, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakpattan, Narowal, Multan, Mandi Bahudin, Lahore, Chakwal, Bhawalpur, Faisalabad, Khanewal, Ladhran and Muzafargarh. Later on, Provincial Secretary Population Welfare praised the step taken by Punjab Government

Sultan Ahmad PhD Scholar of department of Islamic Studies is going to defend his PhD dissertation Today

BAHAWALPUR(PR)Sultan Ahmad, PhD Scholar, department of Islamic Studies, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur is going to defend his PhD dissertation on Wednesday, 24 August 2016 at 11:00 am in Syed Suleman Nadvi Auditorium, Faculty of Islamic Learning, Baghdad ul Jadeed Campus. He has completed his PhD dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Shams-ul-Bashar, Ex-Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies, IUB. The topic of her dissertation is “Criminal Procedure Code in the Light of Islamic Principles”. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rauf Zafar, Ex-Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies, Sargodha University Sargodah and Dr. Muhammd Umer, Department of Islamic Studies, Peshawar University Peshawar will act as external examiners. The teachers, M.Phil and Ph.D Scholars are invited to attend the defense.

IMPLEMENTATION ON THE DECISIONS OF CABINET COMMITTEE ON DENGUE TO BE ENSURED

LAHORE(PR)Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health, Kh. Salman Rafique has directed the all concerned officers to ensure 100 percent implementation on the decisions taken in the meetings of Cabinet Committee on dengue for making control on dengue more effective. He directed that zero period in schools to create awareness regarding Congo should be continued on the pattern of dengue so that message regarding safety measures against Congo should be reached in every house.

                  He said this while presiding over a meeting of Cabinet Committee on dengue at Civil Secretariat here today. Secretary Primary & Secondary Health Punjab, Ali Jan Khan, DG Health Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Syed, DCO Lahore, Capt (R) Muhammad Usman, DCO Sheikhupura, Tariq Arqum, Senior Officers of all the concerned departments, Dean IPH, Secretary Dengue Expert Advisory Group and the officers of Federal Government Departments in Lahore attended the meeting. Commissioners and DCOs of Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Jhelum and Attock participated in the meeting through Video Link and apprised the meeting of Congo and Dengue situation in their respective areas. The medical experts were of the view that early diagnosis is essential for the treatment of Congo. The meeting directed all the hospitals to take the history of patients coming to the hospitals with identical symptoms of Congo and Dengue and if there is  any link of the patient reported with the cattle farmers or cattle handles, blood samples of the patient for Congo test must immediately be sent to the Laboratory and all SOPs of suspected Congo patient be implemented. Directed CDC Dr. Asim informed the meeting that case management training of Congo patient has been imparted to the doctors of teaching hospitals for which training sessions are being organized at Lahore, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur. He said that members of rapid response teams were also attending the training session. Kh. Salman Rafique said that the occurrence of Congo fever cases in Turkey is very high, however, their case management is far excellence. He said that on the invitation of Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the public health experts from Turkey were came to Lahore few days back, they shared their experiences and knowledge regarding Congo virus and case management of the patients with their local counterparts.

                  Secretary Primary & Secondary Health, Ali Jan Khan said that Local Government and Livestock Departments have been asked to take extra ordinary measures in the cattle markets to control vector born diseases. DCO Lahore Capt Muhammad Usman informed that City District Government has taken lot of measures in the sale points of Cattle Markets and spray on animals is being carried out to eliminate ticks. He said that this exercise would be continued till Eid ul Azha. He stressed the need of creating awareness regarding Congo fever among common people specially butchers, cattle farmers, cattle handlers and other people related to this fields. City District Government has already started holding seminars and other activities for this purpose, the DCO added.

                  The meeting also reviewed the anti-dengue measures adopted by the concerned departments. The officers gave briefing regarding indoor and outdoor vector surveillance of dengue. It was informed that meetings of Town Emergency Response Committees are being organized on regular basis. The meeting was informed that additional human resources have been provided to Lahore, Sheikhupura, Rawalpindi and Multan for intensifying the dengue surveillance activities. DG Health Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Syed informed that sufficient quantity of chemicals used in dengue spray and fogging is available in all districts. He said that enough stock of insecticides is also available in the provincial stocks. Kh. Salman Rafique observed that long season of dengue is ahead therefore, other departments should continue their struggle to control this menace in coming months.

               
REVAMPING OF FOUR TEACHING HOSPITALS STARTS

LAHORE(PR) Secretary Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Punjab, Najam Ahmed Shah has said that implementation on the plan of revamping of  four teaching hospitals in Punjab has been started on which Rs.2 billion would be spent and this project would be completed during the current fiscal year.

                  He stated this while addressing the kick off ceremony of revamping of Jinnah Hospital here today. Principal Allama Iqbal Medical College / Jinnah Hospital Prof. Mahmood Shaukat, MS Dr. Shafqat Ali, faculty members of AIMC, Additional Secretary Health Development Zaheer Abbas Malik, Additional Secretary Admin Asad Naeem, chief Planning Officer Abdul Haq Bhatti and the representatives of executing international firm Meckinsy were also present in the ceremony. Najam Ahmed Shah informed that four teaching hospitals including Jinnah Hospital, Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi and Children Hospital Multan are being revamped during current fiscal year. The work has been started from Emergency Department of Jinnah Hospital where a lot of steps  have been taken for improving patients flow in the emergency department, for this purpose token system has been introduced and separate counters have been set up. Training has been imparted to the staff. Five desks have been set up for the treatment of patients with minor nature diseases. The doctors would be available on these desks to receive the patients. Moreover, serious patients would be referred to the emergency ward and two attendants with each patient would be allowed to remain with their patients. However, children upto 12 years of age would be directly referred to the Paeds Emergency. Minor alterations in the building structure can be made for revamping the hospitals. The new system would not only facilitate the patients but treatment facilities to the patients would be offered in a better way and systemically.