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Rawalpindi : A 20-year-old BS student of Government Post Graduate College for Women 6th Road, Rawalpindi was found dead at the college hostel Friday morning. The students alleged that college administration was trying to cover up death of Urooj Fatima, calling it a suicide or heart attack. However, citing negligence they blamed hostel administration for the incident.The college sources said that Urooj Fatima, daughter of Sardar Fateh Khan, a resident of Fatehjang reportedly fell sick on night of September 27 and even though her roommates informed the hostel warden about her condition, nothing was done. “The warden didn’t give her any medicine and she certainly didn’t call an ambulance,” one of the protesting students told ‘The News’ on Friday.Hundreds of students took out a rally against the college and hostel administration and even blocked the area outside the hostel and boycotted classes seeking justice for Urooj Fatima.Meanwhile, Government Post Graduate College for Women 6th Road ...

Islamabad : Even after 13 years of the fateful day when Abida was kidnapped and raped by a gang of boys, it was difficult for her to hold back her tears while she was describing the trauma she had been through on that unfortunate day and during the trail.Abida was addressing a press conference on Friday after the Supreme Court’s decision of acquitting the culprits despite the decision of Session Court and Shariah Court in her favour. “I appeal the Chief Justice of Pakistan and Prime Minister of Pakistan to take notice of the situation and convict the rapists as per law instead of acquitting them (Ba Izzat Bari),” she said while talking to media.She said that she was frequently receiving life threats when the culprits were in jail. “What would they do with me when they will be free? Even at the day of Supreme Court judgment on September 27, the brother of main culprit threatened me,” said Abida.In 2004, when Abida used to work in a travelling agency, she was regularly harassed by a boy ...

Islamabad : The cognitive symptoms of depression and how they negatively impact the functionality and productivity of common people was the theme of a discourse led by Prof. Bjarke Ebart of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, who was the key speaker at a seminar organised by the Department of Psychiatry of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).Organized as a chain of activities leading up to World Mental Health Day, which is observed on October 10 every year, the seminar was attended by the Executive Director of PIMS Dr. Raja Amjad, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry Dr Rizwan Taj, and Vice Chancellor of the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Dr. Abid Farooqi.Prof. Bjarke Ebart also spoke about different aspects of depression and their symptomatology and while giving a detailed account of various studies, spoke about compliance issues of various medications. He also highlighted the side-effects of various anti-depressants and talked about new products w...

Islamabad : More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, states the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) ‘Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018,’ released on Friday. The figure represents 1 in 20 deaths; more than three-quarters being among men.The report, which presents a comprehensive picture of alcohol consumption and the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide, informs that of all deaths attributable to alcohol, 28% were due to injuries, such as those from traffic crashes, self-harm and interpersonal violence; 21% due to digestive disorders; 19% due to cardiovascular diseases, and the remainder due to infectious diseases, cancers, mental disorders and other health conditions.Despite some positive global trends in the prevalence of heavy episodic drinking and number of alcohol-related deaths since 2010, the overall burden of disease and injuries caused by the harmful use of alcohol is unacceptably high, particularly in the European R...

Islamabad: Speakers at an International Islamic University seminar have declared dialogue and better interactions among world leaders imperative for global peace and said religious bias and racism should be discouraged for promoting peace.The event titled ‘Efforts of Kazakhstan and Pakistan for promotion of global peace through Congress of leaders of world and traditional religions' was organised by the IIU Islamic Research Institute here on Friday.Kazakhstan Ambassador Barlybay Sadykov called for tolerance and partnership to fight against the leading challenges such as terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.“World is in dire need of forums that facilitate genuine dialogue on global peace,” he said.The ambassador said the world leaders and religious scholars were going to discuss the topic 'religious leaders for the safe world' in a special session in Astana on October 11 and 12. from The News International - Islamabad https://ift.tt/2xIEtUg

Islamabad: Chairperson for the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Razina Alam Khan submitted her resignation to President Dr Arif Alvi after serving the organisation for more than three years. There is no official word on whether the resignation has been accepted.In the letter of resignation, Razina Alam said it was the prerogative of the present government to appoint her successor of choice. from The News International - Islamabad https://ift.tt/2Qgcouk

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Medical University (KMU) on Friday said the admission to public medical and dental colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the Joint Admission Committee (JAC) was advertised erroneously.A statement said the admission would be carried out by KMU through centralised admission procedure from the current academic session.The KMU officials said the advertisement about admissions to medical and dental colleges was issued in the national press inadvertently. They asked the parents and students to ignore it.KMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Arshad Javaid said in a statement that the university would announce the schedule for the centralised admission process later.He said that the schedule would be announced after a meeting of the Health Department convened for October 1.Dr. Arshad Javaid said secretary health would chair the meeting to be attended by him, Chairman Joint Admission Committee Prof. Dr. Noorul Iman and other officials concerned. The vice-chancellor said the schedul...