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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday approved the promotion of Health Chief Dr Qazi Abdus Saboor to the post of health director general. "The PM, on the recommendation of the Central Selection Board (CSB), has approved the promotion of Health Chief Dr Qazi Abdus Saboor to the post of health director general BS-21, Ministry of Health, Islamabad," said an

KARACHI - Irrational medication and promiscuity to adults suffering from tuberculosis (TB) have caused multi-drug resistant (MDR) infections among children referred to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH). This was disclosed by NICH Executive Director Prof Syed Jamal Raza, while addressing a session organised by Sada Welfare Foundation on Thursday.
"A vast majority of the 4,880 TB patients aged between six months to 15 years, registered at the NICH during 2003 to 2011,

GUJRANWALA - The provincial government has appointed Mukhtar Qureshi as Gujranwala Development Authority (GDA) director general (DG). The new DG has assumed the charge of his office while his predecessor Hakim Ali Doultana has been made an officer on special duty (OSD).
BESAKHI TO BE CELEBRATED ON APRIL 17: Besakhi festival will be celebrated in Eimanabad on April 17 in which thousands of Sikhs from all over world will participate. A delegation of Pakistan Sikh Gurudawara

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday handed over former Haj director Rao Shakeel Ahmad to NAB on physical remand until April 1. Rao is involved in piling up illegal assets and was arrested on March 17 in Lahore on charges of maintaining various bank accounts, through which he made heavy transactions. During the hearing, counsel for the accused Amjad Pervaiz argued that NAB initiated an inquiry against Rao in 2001 and at the end he had been declared innocent.
In spite of

LAHORE - Lahore Zoo Director Muhammad Iqbal Khalid, who was removed about a week ago from his post and was replaced by the Lahore Zoo Deputy Director Dr Zahid Bhatti, is accused of sexually harassing a female member of the lower staff. The incident was put down by many as the reason for his removal. The victim, a female guard requesting anonymity, told Pakistan Today that she and many other members of the zoo staff had to tolerate the 'harsh' behaviour of Khalid, who they said was too

LOS ANGELES - Director Michael Bay has labeled as "crap" his 2009 movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," blaming its shortcomings on the Hollywood writers' strike. In an interview with a British magazine, Bay admits that they "made some mistakes" while filming the critically panned sequel. "The real fault with (Transformers 2) is that it ran into a mystical world," he explains. "When I look back at it, that was crap. The writers' strike was coming hard and fast. It was just

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has advised President Asif Ali Zardari to extend Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha's service for another two years, Online news service reported.
Since Pasha is already serving an extension, extending his service further requires a favorable advice of the prime minister to be duly approved by the president. Therefore, Gilani has already moved a summary to the president, sources privy to

GUJRANWALA - Anti-Corruption Establishment and Special Judicial Magistrate Abdus Sattar arrested Old-Age Benefits Institution Assistant Director Ahmad Habib red handed while accepting Rs 50,000 from a factory owner. Reportedly, Ahmad Habib was forcing a local factory owner Salman Javed to give Rs 50,000 for showing less number of employees in the record than their actual number. Salman Javed informed the Anti-Corruption Establishment which planned a raiding party under the supervision

ISLAMABAD - Dr Arshad Ovais Qazi, a director in Education Department, was stabbed to death by unknown assassins on Tuesday. According to police, Arshad was killed inside his house located in G-8 Sector.
His wife, who is a teacher in FG College Rawalpindi, and children, were not present at the time of the gory incident, SI Flak Sher of the Margalla Police Station said, adding that Arshad's children found their father in a pool of blood after returning from school.
He said

'The Lord of the Rings' director Sir Peter Jackson has left a New Zealand hospital after surgery for a perforated ulcer. Publicist Melissa Booth says Jackson was discharged from Wellington Hospital on Thursday and would continue his recuperation at home. He had surgery after being admitted Jan 26 with acute stomach pain.
Booth said a delay on filming of the two-part film 'The Hobbit' is expected to be minimal. Jackson is set to start filming the prequel to his 'The Lord of the

ISLAMABAD - The federal government on Wednesday appointed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab Director Zafar Qureshi as the managing director of the Police Foundation. The Establishment Division has issued a notification in this regard.
Qureshi was heading the FIA team which is probing the NICL scam. A few days ago, Qureshi had requested FIA seniors to separate him from the inquiry committee, as the Chaudhrys of Gujrat had raised questions on his impartiality, however, he

LAHORE - The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Monday arrested Lahore Arts Council (LAC) Programme Deputy Director Zulfiqar Ahmad Zulfi red handed while taking bribe for allotting dates for a stage play. Play producer Muhammad Siddiq had submitted an application to the ACE alleging that Zulfi received Rs 70,000 from him as a bribe for allotting dates for staging a play at the Alhamra Arts Council and was demanding Rs 20,000 more. An ACE team consisting of ACE Deputy

LAHORE - Punjab Higher Education Secretary Haseeb Ather has violated the rules of the department in appointing a former federal secretary's son Ahsan Mumtaz as Deputy Director Colleges Lahore, Pakistan Today learnt on Wednesday.
Educationists have shown concern over the appointment made against Basic Pay Scale 18.
Unrest in the HED: HED sources claim the HED Secretary's violation of merit came as a surprise to department but they were helpless given that the HED Secretary

LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday summoned former director Haj Maj (r) Rao Shakeel Ahmad for December 20, during the hearing of an application filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB), seeking
the cancellation of his exemption from appearing in court.
Earlier, court had exempted Rao Shakeel Ahmad from appearing in court during the trials of a reference filed against him as he was serving as DCO Khaniwal and he had to participate in several meetings in this

MUMBAI: Superstardom does not guarantee that 'Mr Perfectionist' Aamir Khan is absolved from controversies. Post the '3 Idiots' debacle, Aamir is once again in the eye of storm for hijacking the creative control of 'Peepli Live' from its director - Anusha Rizvi and her husband and co-director Mahmood Farooqui.
Apparently, with 'Peepli Live' going to the Oscars, Anusha and Mahmood had said, "We removed ourselves from 'Peepli' because, it's difficult to disassociate a superstar