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KARACHI - The 48th Annual Symposium of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) with the theme 'Health Profession and Community Understandings and Misunderstandings' will begin on Monday.
Federal Health Secretary Nargis Sethi will open the three-day event. Its inaugural ceremony will be followed by a scientific exhibition and plenary session. The plenary session would include guest lectures - 'Myths and Facts of Medical Profession' by Pakistan Medical Association President

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani urge his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh to hold a "meaningful and result-oriented" dialogue on Kashmir and other bilateral disputes during his upcoming visit to India to watch the Cricket World Cup semi-final on March 30, said a Pakistani official, as a three-member delegation of the Interior Ministry led by Interior Secretary Qamar Zaman Chaudhry left for New Delhi from the Wahga Border on Sunday.
The delegation was

ISLAMABAD - Two-day SAARC secretaries meeting on poverty alleviation would be held on March 28-29 to discuss the progress in implementing the SAARC "Poverty Plan of Action on Poverty Alleviation."
The Planning Commission of Pakistan is hosting the 4th SAARC secretaries meeting. The first meeting was held in Colombo where as 2nd meeting was hosted by Maldives while third meeting was hosted by India. The meeting will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of information and

LAHORE - The quarter-finalists in the South Punjab Zone of the 13th National Seniors' Cricket Cup have been decided and all the four quarter-finals will be played on Sunday (today). Today's Fixtures (quarter-finals) Bahawalpur Sr v DG Khan Seniors Multan Tigers v Multan Heroes Multan Veteran White v Pakpattan Srs Multan Jinnah Srs v Sahiwal Sr

WAZIRABAD - A national seminar in the memory of Hameed Nizami will be held under Hameed Nizami Memorial Society Wazirabad at Imperial Public School, GT Road, on Sunday (today) at 10am. Imtiaz Safdar Warraich, Justice (retd) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Nawab Arsla Khan Hoti,
Syed Zafar Ali Shah, Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, Sahibzada Haji Fazal Karim, Maulana Zahid-ur-Rashidi, Ahsan Wyne, Sajjad Meer, Sarmad Bashir, Syed Irshad Ahmad Arif, Zahray Shah and Ch Shaukat Manzoor

LAHORE - The Pakistan Rugby Union, in collaboration with HEC and University of Lahore, is holding the 2nd Inter-varsity Rugby Championship from March 25 (today). Thirteen teams will participate in the tournament which will be played on a knock-out basis. Matches will start at 9 am at the Model town A block ground. Last year's champions University of Bahawalpur, runner-ups University of Central Punjab, University of Lahore, University of Veterinary Science, University of Peshawar, GC

LAHORE - The 46th National Senior Men's Volleyball Championship will commence today at WAPDA Sports Complex, Lahore. Twelve teams, including defending champions WAPDA, Army, Navy, PAF, Police, Railway, HEC, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, FATA, and AJK will participate in the seven-day championship being organised by the Pakistan Volleyball Federation.

LAHORE - Chinese Taipei coach Lo Chih-Tsung will field a full strength side against Pakistan when both the teams face each other in the fourth AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers today at MBJP Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It will be third and final match for both the teams. Lo has included both the palyers who scored against Pakistan in previous editions of this tournament. Lo Chih-an acored against Pakistan in the 2008 edition at Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei when they lost 1-2 to

ISLAMABAD - The nation will celebrate Pakistan Day today (Wednesday) to commemorate the Lahore Resolution adopted on the very day in 1940. The day would dawn with 31 gun salutes in Islamabad and 21 gun salutes in all provincial capitals.
The day would be observed as a public holiday in all federal and provincial government offices, banks and private offices. The national flag will be hoisted on important public and private buildings throughout the country and all Pakistani

LAHORE - Pakistan coach Tariq Lutfi says he is aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the Indian football team, as Pakistan face arch-rivals India today in the 4th AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers in Malaysia. "We have an idea about their strengths. They were among the top 16 teams of Asia during Qatar's event last January.
A big win is required, and the players are motivated to do that. All the boys are fit for the crucial showdown," said Lutfi. On Monday, Pakistan went down

LISBON - Portugal's parliament will vote on the government's latest austerity measures on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential collapse of the minority Socialist administration a day before a European summit. Prime Minister Jose Socrates has threatened to resign if the opposition fails to approve the measures. The main opposition Social Democrats (PSD) are refusing to back them and have begun to talk about snap elections, complicating the country's drive to avoid following

ISLAMABAD - Rumpus is expected as President Asif Ali Zardari addresses a joint sitting of both houses of parliament for the fourth consecutive year today (Tuesday) amid announcements by major opposition parties to either walk out of the session or registering protests on the government's failure to deal with national and public issues. Zardari is going to make history as he would be the only democratically-elected president to address parliament for the fourth time.
Though the

KARACHI - Health Asia 2011, an international exhibition and conference, is set to kick off today at the Karachi Expo Centre.

LAHORE - The ceremony to award the Pakistan hockey team, which was postponed last week, will be held today at the National Hockey Stadium.
The Pakistan Whites hockey team won gold in the 11th SAG held in Dhaka from January 29 to February 8.
Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif announced prize money for the victorious team members from Punjab amounting to Rs 1,600,000.
The PHF has invited following officials and players of the team, who belong to Punjab, to attend

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will resume the hearing on intra-court appeals of the superior courts' judges today (Monday), who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of the apex court's November 3, 2007 restraining order.
A seven-member special bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany

LAHORE - The Annual Sports Gala of Government College University Lahore is going to be held on Sunday at the university's historical Oval Ground at 3:00 pm. Punjab Education Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman will be the chief guest at the sports gala, that features vibrant and thrilling gymkhana events including ministerial staff race, naib qasid race, boy's four legged race, girl's cricket ball throw, and pillow fighting. GCU Director Sports Khadim Ali Khan has said that all

LAHORE - Last exam of grade 10 (Secondary School part-2), in Pakistan Studies, was held at 624 centers in five districts of Lahore division on Saturday. Overall 21 cheating cases were detected and impersonation cases against 4 candidates were registered as an FIR. In the second phase, grade 9 (Secondary School part-1) Annual Examination will start from Monday at 913 centers where 249,534 candidates are likely to appear.