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LAHORE - For the first time in the Sheikh Zayed Hospital's (SZH) history, Hospital Chairman and Dean Dr Saeed on Friday met student nurses to listen to their problems and motivate them to work harder.
During his address, Saeed said that he cares for nurses, as he knows that they are very important members of the health team and without their participation, no doctor could manage patients completely.
He urged nurses to show discipline with honesty and improve their

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met the minister for Minorities Affairs in a show of support for religious freedom as tensions mount in Pakistan, he said Friday. Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who has faced a wave of threats, said he spoke with Clinton on Thursday and explained his initiative to set up local committees around Pakistan to promote interfaith harmony.
"She was very supportive of religious freedom," Bhatti told AFP. "She said religious

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa has asked vice chancellors from the public sectors universities to mobilize the youth in order to check brain drain in the country.
"It is our responsibility to mobilize the youth and inculcate in them the spirit of serving the country", he said while chairing a meeting of the VCs from seventeen public sector universities at the Governor's House here Saturday. The administrative secretaries from the various provincial departments

ISLAMABAD - Former minister of state for ports and shipping Nabeel Gabol on Friday stuck to his position and did not withdraw his resignation despite Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani asking him to reconsider the decision.
"I have not withdrawn my resignation ... a follow-up meeting with the prime minister will take place on Saturday (today)," Gabol told Pakistan Today after meeting the prime minister on Friday. Asked about media reports that said he had withdrawn his resignation,

ISLAMABAD - The second meeting of the commission on unauthorised diversion of floodwater formed on Supreme Court orders will be held today (Saturday) at the office of the Cabinet Division secretary. In its previous meeting, the commission decided that all four provincial irrigation secretaries would brief the members of the commission on the issue.
It was also decided that the chairmen of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Federal Flood Commission (FFC)

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Bar Council (PBC)'s newly elected executive body will hold its first meeting on January 24 to elect its vice-chairman, most probably from a small province.
According to a senior lawyer affiliated with Pakistan People's Party, the new vice chairman will be elected from a small province, adding that the names of Muhammad Yaseen Khan Azad from Sindh, Amanullah Khan Kunrani from Balochistan and Saeed Akhtar Awan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were under

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Friday offered to look at new ways to help Pakistan's troubled economy as he showed support for President Asif Ali Zardari at a White House meeting on Friday, officials said.
Zardari held a closed-door meeting with Obama after flying into Washington for a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, the late US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan which has been a top priority for the US administration.
Obama "underscored the importance of

ISLAMABAD - The inaugural meeting of four-member commission for probing unauthorized diversion of floodwater and alleged breaches in the embankments of barrages and canals by the influential people during the recent devastating flood, will be held at the Supreme Court today (Saturday).
According to details, members of commission Azam Khan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AW Kazi from Sindh, Fateh Khan Fajak from Balochistan and Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed from Punjab will hold the meeting to

SAN FRANCISCO - Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss found a skeptical audience on Tuesday as they tried to persuade a U.S. appeals court to release them from a $65 million settlement over the founding of online social network Facebook.
The saga of the Winklevoss twins and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg became silver screen lore with the release of the film "The Social Network" last year. It has long been a legal battle as well.
Should the case be revived, it could be a

ISLAMABAD - Nineteen people were arrested from Peshawar and Islamabad during Hajj for carrying drugs, a press release by narcotics control ministry on Sunday.
Three persons were given death penalties and 278 were given life imprisonments by the special courts, the statement said, adding that during 2010, Pakistan seized 4688 kg Heroin, 3784 kg Opium, 44,600 kg Acetic Anhydride (a precursor chemical used in Heroin labs) and 83,233 kg Hashish.
"Narcotics Control has

ISLAMABAD - In a significant development on Thursday, the visiting delegation of Afghan High Council for Peace met the representatives of the Hizb-e-Islami, one of the major insurgent groups in the Afghanistan.
"Hizb-e-Islami, which is led by former Afghan prime minister and now one of the main insurgent leaders, Gulbadin Hekmatyar, presented its 15-point peace formula to the Afghan delegation," said a diplomatic source, wishing not to be named.
The Afghan delegation was

KARACHI - Political parties have taken a U-turn after chief of the premier intelligence agency met with President Asif Ali Zardari, sources told Pakistan Today.
The political situation of the country suddenly changed after a surprise visit of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to Karachi on Saturday night. Upon his arrival in the city, the ISI chief met twice with the president. "Had there been any scheduled high-profile visit, security agencies would have been informed

ISLAMABAD - The Central Selection Board (CSB) is meeting today (Friday) under the chairmanship of Justice (r) Rana Bhagwandas to consider promotions of BPS 19 and BPS 20 officers. Justice (r) Bhagwandas, who is also the chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission, has been recently appointed as the CSB chairman. The board is also scheduled to meet tomorrow (Saturday).
The meeting will be attended by members of CSB, including the establishment secretary, IGPs, chief

LAHORE - The meetings of Pakistan Hockey Federation's Executive Board and Congress will be held on December 28 at National Hockey Stadium. President PHF Qasim Zia will chair both the meetings. The 18th meeting of PHF Executive Board will take place at 10:30am.
Secretary PHF Muhammad Asif Bajwa will produce the report of the year 2010. The members of the executive board are President PHF Qasim Zia, Vice Presidents Nawab Lashkari Raisani, Saeed Khan, Women's Vice President

TOKOYO - Japan's government approved a record $1.1 trillion draft budget for the year from next April, keeping its self-imposed cap on new debt. However, it faces a tough road ahead to fix its tattered public finances.
With new debt issuance seen topping tax revenues for the second straight year in the initial budget, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda reiterated the need to overhaul the country's tax systems. "Tax revenues are approaching levels of new bond issuance but this

BAGHDAD: Iraq's new cabinet held its first meeting on Wednesday, a day after a parliamentary vote ended months of political deadlock, but now must address the public's real concerns -- security and services.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki "met this morning with his ministers to tell them that his three top priorities are security, public services, especially electricity, and relations with neighbouring countries," Ali Moussawi, an adviser to Maliki, told AFP.
In separate

ISLAMABAD - Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani on Tuesday met Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F chief Fazlur Rehman at his residence in the federal capital, and discussed current political situation in the province, private TV channels reported.
After the meeting, Fazl informed the media that his party has no plan to disturb coalition government in Balochistan. He pointed out that all have concerned about current political situation. To a query, Fazlur Rehman described Nawab