136 fake treatment centres sealed

LAHORE : The Punjab Healthcare Commission on Saturday closed down 136 fake treatment centres.

The action was taken in different areas of 12 districts including Faisalabad, Muzaffargarh, Jhang, Jhelum, Khanewal, Mianwali, Chakwal, Okara, Rajanpur, Sargodha and Lahore. PHC teams are accompanied by officials of the district administration and police. The PHC teams visited 344 treatment centres and closed down 136 of them which were being run by quacks. Fourteen fake treatment centres each were sealed in Khanewal, Muzaffargarh and Jhang, 13 in Chakwal, 12 each in Faisalabad and Mianwali, 11 each in DG Khan, Rajanpur and Sargodha while 10 each in Jhelum and Lahore.

Environment moot: Students of Ameer ud Din Medical College on Saturday organised “All Pakistan Environment Fiesta” under the auspices of Ameer ud Din Environment Protection Society to create awareness about importance of healthy and natural environment. The event was attended by students from all over the province. Special guests of the function were Prof. Muhammad Nawaz Chohan, Dr. Afsar Ali Bhatti, Dr. Tanveer Shahzad and Mujtaba Bakar who threw light on the issue and stressed upon the need to pay heed to fast worsening environmental affairs faced by human kind at present. Addressing the participants, Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Prof. Ghiyas un Nabi Tayyab said that professionals associated with the medical field especially needed to be aware about the impact and various dimensions of the issue. Various competitions in article writing, flower making, display cards and quiz program on the subject were also held.

Seminar: The formulation of gender responsive strategy of National Highways & Motorway Police is illustration of our commitment to the vision of promoting gender sensitive policing.

It was stated by DIG Ahmad Arslan Malik while speaking at a gender awareness seminar at Zonal Office Babu Sabu Lahore on Saturday. The seminar was titled “Gender Equality & Sensitization at Workplace.