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Punjab introduces postgraduate classes for doctors in DHQ hospitals

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter
November 5, 2023

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Caretaker Minister for Primary and Secondary Healthcare and Population Welfare Dr Jamal Nasir on Saturday said the government had introduced postgraduateclasses for doctors in the district headquarters hospitals of Attock, Bhakkar, Mandi Bahauddin and Jhang with the support of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (CPSP).

Besides the posts of specialist doctors will also be increased in DHQ hospitals of Punjab.
He was speaking as a special guest at the 56th annual convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP).
 
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Pakistan gets heat-tolerant, high-yield hybrid rice variety​

Pakistan Observer
Nov 21, 2023

Farmers in Sindh and South Punjab are all set to get a new heat-resistant hybrid rice variety with high yield potential during the next season after the completion of its successful commercial trial in Larkana.

Yuan Longping High-Tech, a leading Chinese agricultural company and Guard Agricultural Research & Services (Pvt) Limited have conducted a successful commercial trial of their 14th Hybrid Rice variety In Sindh.

Compared to the previous varieties, the new one has the potential for more yield besides it is resistant to heat and lodging.

“The new variety has more yield potential. It is also heat tolerant which will help cope with the challenges posed by high temperatures and prolong summers. In collaboration with Yuan Longping High-Tech, we trialed this new variety for three years.

Now, it will be available for commercial plantation from the next season,” said Momin Ali Malik, Guard’s Seed Division Executive while talking to a group of journalists.

Journalists from Lahore also visited Larkana along with the Chinese and local scientists and witnessed the new variety near harvest.

Mr Tai, a representative of Yuan Longping High-Tech, said that it was the 14th variety being introduced with the Sino-Pak collaboration. He said that the new variety has more yield potential than the previous ones.

“Previous varieties have increased the production from 60-70 to 120 maunds per acre. The new variety is heat tolerant with the yield potential of more than 150 maunds per acre,” he said.

Guard started introducing hybrid rice technology to farmers in Sindh in the early 2000s after years of research and field trials in collaboration with China’s Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture company.

The efforts helped double per acre rice yield and boosted the farmers’ income leading to the alleviation of poverty in the rice-growing areas of Sindh and Southern Punjab.
 
Govt approved 450 km Expressway 3 Corridor Punjab Arterial Roads Improvement projects.

Corridor 1 - Chichawatni–Rajana/Pir Mahal–Chowk Azam–Layyah Expressway
Corridor 2 - M4 Chiraghabad Interchange–Jhang Bypass–Shorkot Expressway
Corridor 3 - Depalpur-Pakpattan Sharif-Vehari Expressway

The projects, with a total cost of 210 billion PKR, are expected to be completed by December 2025.

Construction on the new corridors begin within the next three months.

These projects will be undertaken in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Punjab.
 
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the establishment of the Nawaz Sharif Cancer Hospital in Lahore.

“We are committed to the treatment and care of cancer patients. We are doing our best to provide free and quality treatment to every cancer patient. A special center for cancer treatment will be established in every district of Punjab
















 
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